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Noun
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The basic goal of RTM—remedying PTSD without the pain—conflicts with the prevailing paradigm of trauma treatment.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025 -
Tech giants including Apple and Meta see extended reality as a potential new paradigm in computing.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The protests had been largely peaceful throughout Friday and Saturday, with isolated instances of violent activity.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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In that instance, can the defendant who went to the trouble of preparing and filing the UPEPA special motion still be awarded attorney fees for their trouble?—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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For example, the family of Martin Gutierrez, whose body was found in the lake in 2018, before the media frenzy around Lady Bird Lake, believe he was drugged while on a night out.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Judges have wide discretion to decide cases, and some have clear patterns of decisions; for example, some may grant asylum nearly every time, while others may deny it nearly every time.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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The hosts included the actress Rowan Blanchard, the left-wing podcasters of Chapo Trap House and the owners of the artsy Lower East Side boutique Café Forgot — a cross section of celebrities, niche media figures and Lower Manhattan trendsetters devised to draw out other cliquish culture makers.—
Joseph Bernstein,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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An enormous cross section of artists — from pop hitmakers like Lil Nas X and Shaboozey to should-be country stars Mickey Guyton and Brittney Spencer to contemporary roots and indie stalwarts like Adia Victoria, Buffalo Nichols, and Allison Russell— can all partly thank Giddens for their career.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Among the project’s many surprises, three specimens of possible flint from Chalosse have been tentatively identified.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
5 June 2025
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Some of them had families -- mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, human beings -- not specimens, not numbers.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
31 May 2025
Noun
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The sample size for Turner is a slash line of .268/.326/.366 in 44 at-bats.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Tickets for the cooking challenge are $70 per person and include three drinks on top of the competition samples and other bites from Mulvaney’s, according to the organizers.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Guests can float between two outdoor pools—one a heated classic, the other a saltwater pool carved right into the rocks—or enjoy Mediterranean dishes at the hotel’s two restaurants, Récif and the new Estelo (formerly known as La Plage) and new bar, La Chicoula (formerly known as La Cabane).—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
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Friday’s game was a classic in every sense of the word.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Kipyegon first tested concepts at the Nike research lab in Oregon and the team then sent her home with prototypes.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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In 1994, Birkin sold the prototype at an auction for Association Solidarité Sida, a French AIDS charity.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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