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Recent Examples of commute
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Spielman, 62, will work remotely and commute from Florham Park.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Some pointed to the ShotSpotter data as evidence the program was working and said that reducing speeding and traffic outweighed the inconvenience of longer commutes.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Yet, in his final weeks in office, former President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, an act unprecedented in both its scope and its implications.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Spielman, 62, will work remotely and commute from Florham Park.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning commutes, ... with the steadiest snow expected late Tuesday afternoon and evening.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Some pointed to the ShotSpotter data as evidence the program was working and said that reducing speeding and traffic outweighed the inconvenience of longer commutes.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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In the summer of 1985, Larry and Valerie exchanged glances across The Parker House bar, but then Larry worked up the courage to walk over and strike up a conversation.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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And what 1960s family home did not boast a repository for loose pennies (my own was a glass figurine of Lincoln) to be totted to the bank in bulk once a year to exchange for currency?—
Harold Holzer,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Using data from four flights of NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), the lab produced a map showing the motion of the landslide in the region.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces on Fox News that the first flights of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status arrive at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The stock surged as much as 83.9% to a record high before trading about 30% higher.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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If an animal or person is infected with two viruses at once, the viruses can trade genetic material, creating something new.—
Sarah Boden,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Others who received commutations include members of the far-right group the Proud Boys, who were serving sentences after they were convicted of numerous crimes and accused of assaulting law enforcement.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2025
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While pardons vacate a defendant's conviction, a commutation leaves the conviction in place while lessening the sentence.—
Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Use the seasons or holidays as an excuse to swap them out!—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Feb. 2025
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Temperatures at game time that day peaked at 98°F—hot enough that the 49ers swapped out their uniforms, switching from red jerseys and gold pants to red jerseys and white pants, to reflect more heat away.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An eclectic cast, ranging from dancers in their 20s to their 50s, gels for a bouncy jaunt (pro forma in Estanich’s works), with each dancer having generous time and vocabulary for him or herself.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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None of this, however, changes those one in 13.7 million mortality odds that MIT calculated.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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But years later, a serendipitous connection changed everything: Cindy Deily, Sephora’s VP of Skin, has a daughter who is an Emi Jay fan.—
Karin Eldor,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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The account had been scrubbed of any evidence of the promotional tour for the film, which took place last summer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Variety first noted Lewis in 1959 during Brubeck’s controversial tour of Southern colleges.—
Steven Gaydos,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Commute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commute. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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