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as in highest
coming before all others in importance
the greatest achievement in the history of cinema
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Anna Rose Layden/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images The question of who should have access to the nation's secrets is one of the utmost importance.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
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Upholding the integrity of the game has always been of the utmost importance to me.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Scottsdale crash was caused by mechanical failure, specifically the collapse of the left main landing gear.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Join 8 others in the comments View Comments Tesla, BYD’s main rival, has released similar Full Self-Driving features in the US for a subscription fee of $99 a month or a one time payment of $8,000.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Most people have characteristics of two different body types rather than just one predominant body type.3 Dietary Guidelines Ectomorphs can maintain their overall health by following a high-protein diet with balanced amounts of carbohydrates and fats.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
6 Feb. 2025
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After decades of being Lebanon’s predominant political and military organization, the group is reeling.—
Hanin Ghaddar,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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In the past two years, 55% to 60% of clients have been men who cited sports wagering as their primary type of gambling, Whelan said.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The motion also would have quashed the grand jury selected to investigate the Jan. 16 Democratic primary runoff for the 21st District senatorial seat.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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At his death in 1996, he was considered one of the country’s foremost historians of the Black experience in America.—
Jeffrey Boutwell,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
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His pairing with Aho has been as dominant as the MacKinnon-Necas duo … except on the scoreboard.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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In the United States, the dominant view on how to manage addiction has traditionally been that abstinence is the best solution.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Maryland trailed 22-15 after the first quarter then trimmed that deficit to just two entering halftime, erasing its slow start by closing the half on a 7-0 run and making its eventual comeback more manageable.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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This marks the first handover of deceased hostages since the ceasefire deal with Hamas went into effect in January.—
Lauren Izso,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Shopify is Canada’s second biggest company by market cap.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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DeJean, just like Sunday, seemed to shine on the biggest stages.—
Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Greatest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greatest. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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