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Recent Examples of cricket
When Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back debuted in 2021, the fact that Jackson had used artificial intelligence to clean up previously unusable audio was greeted with enthusiasm from tech geeks, and crickets from most everyone else.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
These include some species of crickets, butterflies, and silverfish.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
Among the country’s most bankable stars, Khan, 54, is the son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore.
—Reuters, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Mice droppings and a dead cricket were found in the establishment.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
These include some species of crickets, butterflies, and silverfish.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
Among the country’s most bankable stars, Khan, 54, is the son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore.
—Reuters, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Mice droppings and a dead cricket were found in the establishment.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cricket
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Although the term diversity, equity, and inclusion didn’t exist back then, the objections to that original department mirror the current right-wing Republican arguments against DEI.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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The act of censorship comes as Trump administration’s calls for only male and female genders to be recognized, and the cancelation of all national diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI).—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps earlier in the rise of social media, that ability felt like justice.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis in 2020, Booker became a leading voice on Stanford’s campus in the fight for social justice and racial equality.—
Sam Jane,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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Being able to have programs that support women in leadership or women just in the work environment – that's fairness.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2025
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Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, in December 2024, reversed his previous stance against using clemency powers for family members, prompting discussions about impartiality and fairness in the application of justice.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Cricket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cricket. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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