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Noun
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The theatrical paradigm is slowed, extended and occasionally reversed by the circumstance.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025 -
The graphical user interface, which Apple popularized, adapted that file-and-folder paradigm into an abstraction of a desktop, where users would click and move those files around.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
Noun
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However, Edward stepping down from being monarch, choosing love over duty to the crown, was far from the first instance of a royal renouncing their title.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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He’s followed by 50 Cent with 15 such instances, and Justin Bieber, who has done so 11 times throughout his career.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In Gary, for example, the zoning code formerly required all homes to be built on lots a minimum of 50 feet wide.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Jurgen Klopp, the former Liverpool manager, has called it the worst idea in the history of the sport, for example.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
Noun
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For several weeks, Cook and clergy members from a cross section of religions have been showing up at courtrooms in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego to stand with immigrants during their deportation hearings.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
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It’s been 17 years since tainted blood thinner from China injured or killed hundreds of people in the United States, and since then, contaminants and other defects have appeared in a cross section of America’s generic drugs.—
Brandon Roberts,
ProPublica,
17 June 2025
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The warning required immediate action by Orange County Global, which contracted with a vendor that same day to process the untested specimens.—
Scott Schwebke,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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The collection of specimens is kept at the Beckman Center for Conservation Research near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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But there’s also enough of a sample size, defender Chris McVey said, to believe last week’s lapses were merely a one-off.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Specifically, the suit says that a sample of Casamigos Blanco contained just 33 percent ethanol derived from agave, and a sample of the Reposado expression contained about 42 percent ethanol derived from agave—levels that fall below the 51 percent that is required even for a mixto.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The film didn’t perform well, but the soundtrack has become a cult classic, and now, The Pick of Destiny has become a commercial success.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Nicole Kidman took on menswear classics to watch Carlos Alcaraz face Jannik Sinner at the men’s finals of The Championships, Wimbledon on Sunday.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
13 July 2025
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To do so, Nemo audaciously steals a prototype submarine from the penal colony in which he is imprisoned, escaping into the ocean with a motley crew of fellow prisoners.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Try generating your own wireframe or high-fidelity prototype.—
Shyam Ravindranathan,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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