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At minimum, if state estate tax laws refer to federal estate tax laws that have been repealed the state estate taxes may be ineffective unless the statutes are amended to provide that they are based on the federal estate tax rules just prior to repeal.
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The judges claim there was enough proof to show Payne paid for the substances after the singer was filmed asking for money from the front desk hours prior to Paiz’s arrival.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The group spent the past five years putting No Other Land together, with much of it shot prior to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The judges claim there was enough proof to show Payne paid for the substances after the singer was filmed asking for money from the front desk hours prior to Paiz’s arrival.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
Wells Fargo Attune℠ World Elite Mastercard® Learn More Information about the Wells Fargo Attune℠ World Elite Mastercard® has been collected independently by Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The group spent the past five years putting No Other Land together, with much of it shot prior to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
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Preposition
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And that’s even before Brian Flynn, long-time Burnley resident and legendary former Wrexham manager who effectively rebuilt the club in the 1990s, pops up to say hello.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Much of Gladys’s ride was through mountains, on roads that were little more than cattle trails, or on rough corduroy used by heavy logging wagons (this was long before the day of logging trucks) with crude pole bridges.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
Preposition
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Miss Letty Tifft has gone to Minneapolis to select stock and work in a wholesale millinery store for a few weeks previous to the opening of the spring season.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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With nine more seasons under his belt as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers previous to that, he's recorded a 102-103-2 overall record.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Preposition
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Erik Johnson, who played 13 seasons for the Colorado Avalanche and still maintains a home in the Denver area, was traded back to his former club for forward and tough guy Givani Smith, who will be reassigned to the Phantoms.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Iran’s nuclear facilities are now exposed to attack, after Israel destroyed almost all of the air defenses protecting them in October.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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