as in to obtain
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Osborne recently obtained her physician assistant license and plans to begin working in urgent care soon.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025 -
Once residency is completed, doctors must obtain a state medical license and, if needed, a work visa.—
A Kirby Cole,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Finding a home Momentum for a dedicated archives building gained traction in the late 19th century.—
Elizabeth Call,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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And in spite of market turbulence caused by Mr. Trump's tariff threats, some experts think stocks are likely to gain strength in the months to come, although not without periodic bouts of volatility.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Elevate will secure commercial partnerships for BAFTA’s events and philanthropic initiatives, including the EE BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, and the BAFTA Games Awards.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the case of Duncanville and Allen, a larger arena wasn’t secured.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
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Join us at Billboard Women in Music 2025 — get your tickets here.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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The job of prioritizing selections has only gotten more complicated as interest in women’s hoops has boomed.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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His team developed a set of out-of-context reasoning tests to probe whether AI can extract implicit rules and act upon them without explicit examples.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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After abolition, the U.S. economy found new ways to extract labor from Black people: sharecropping, prison labor, and low-wage industrial labor.—
Banseka Kayembe,
refinery29.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Steelers have shown little urgency, both before free agency and now as the Rodgers saga drags on, to sign Wilson.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The impact dragged the scooter several feet before coming to a stop.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Coax (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax%20%28out%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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