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These things will make your video content more accessible for non-native speakers and users with hearing impairments.—
Karan Sharma,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025 -
The increase in loss is attributed to impairment charges on intangible assets and changes in fair value of contingent consideration.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Mar. 2025
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Both cuts will affect students with disabilities, experts say.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Oz now directs an agency with a $1.4 trillion budget that administers Medicare for seniors, people with disabilities, and survivors, as well as Medicaid, which serves low-income Americans.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Despite efforts by the small Republican contingent in the state Legislature to cast light on these failings, the agency remained immune from true accountability until the pandemic-era disaster struck.—
Lanhee J. Chen,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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But the fund’s failings struck at the heart of New York’s intentions, said Eric Olson, a corporate and finance lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb, a white-shoe firm helping some licensees to develop their businesses pro bono.—
Ashley Southall,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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However, economists say trade deficits aren’t a sign of national weakness.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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The visualisations below make clear how Arsenal can attack Madrid’s areas of weakness.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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But to say that because some researchers find a detriment, even if many others, countless others, over the decades have found more benefits, then no one can have those benefits, is not upholding personal freedom.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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The show's multimedia elements are at times dizzying, occasionally to the show's detriment.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Rice’s sale helped fund those moves and the scrutiny on West Ham’s recruitment since is not his fault; his legacy was leaving the club in a healthy position to sustain their finances.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Turns out that falling for that $5 water bottle really is my fault.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Defectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectiveness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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