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if we keep spending money like it's water, we're sure to end up in the same place as it often does, to wit, down the drain
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America’s position, both geopolitically and in the energy sector, has been strengthened following the strikes on Iran, to wit Brent oil prices hovering at a healthy $67 a barrel at the time of this writing.
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
White envisioned a truly global league; to wit, athletes at the first event in Aspen represent 10 countries and four continents.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Would the other 49 states nuke California to prevent her from leaving the Union?
Which brings up the economic ramifications of California leaving the Union, a negative prospect for the rest of the nation to wit catastrophic and cataclysmic.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Such high housing costs spawn other socioeconomic issues, the researchers continued, to wit:
California has the nation’s second lowest rate of home ownership, behind New York, and home ownership is particularly scant among young adults, and Blacks and Latinos of any age.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Dec. 2024
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
White envisioned a truly global league; to wit, athletes at the first event in Aspen represent 10 countries and four continents.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Would the other 49 states nuke California to prevent her from leaving the Union?
Which brings up the economic ramifications of California leaving the Union, a negative prospect for the rest of the nation to wit catastrophic and cataclysmic.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Such high housing costs spawn other socioeconomic issues, the researchers continued, to wit:
California has the nation’s second lowest rate of home ownership, behind New York, and home ownership is particularly scant among young adults, and Blacks and Latinos of any age.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Dec. 2024
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“To wit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20wit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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