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Noun
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There are some givens in the B’s lineup, as long as there’s good health.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2024 -
About the only givens seemingly would be Bam Adebayo making first-team All-Defense for the first time, after second-team such nods the past four seasons, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. making first-team All-Rookie.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2024
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Whatever issues this season had, stepping back from the ledge on which the entire premise seemed to be finding itself at the conclusion of last season isn’t the root cause.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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So much story on Reba was mined from that initial premise that there was this other woman (Barbra Jean) who ultimately forced her way into Reba’s life.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The presumption is that LLMs tend to favor certain word choices, sentence structures, and linguistic patterns that differ subtly from typical human writing.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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In the United States, there is a presumption that public information belongs to the public.—
Josh Ocampo,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Marquess of Queensberry rules for boxing, 12 dictum which (among other changes) separated fighters by weight class and mandated the use of padded gloves, were promulgated in 1867.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The party that once embraced President Ronald Reagan’s campaign dictum that the government was the problem now enthusiastically embraces the government as a political weapon.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Also called Euclid’s fifth postulate, this rule tells us the following: Suppose you’re given a line.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
6 Dec. 2023
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In the 1800s, Bertrand’s postulate showed that for any n>3, there is always a prime number between n and 2n.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Nov. 2023
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This doctrine shaped the post-war global economy, where deep financial and trade linkages were viewed not just as a matter of efficiency but as a safeguard for peace.—
Jon Helgi Egilsson,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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It’s commonly accepted HR doctrine that after a large layoff, those who stay suffer a 20% decline in their job performance.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Science took longer to wade into the field, held back by the assumption that aging was inevitable.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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This idea shines in Curiosity Collects More Customers, where Ridge explains that leaders must constantly challenge their own assumptions and seek fresh perspectives—whether from employees, customers, or even competitors.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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There is a lot of axiomatics, which seems to be closer to the Greeks, but aren’t the axioms largely chosen at will?—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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Addressing reporters at the airport, Andrew Tate, who holds dual citizenship in the U.K. and United States, invoked a U.S. judicial axiom of being innocent until proven guilty.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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