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Removing barriers to a medical career seemingly out of reach
For some of the program's first students, medical school was not a sure thing.
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Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
That said, this isn’t a sure thing, and while a number of Amazon Prime Original sequels are in development, only a few have been released.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The first season, which premiered on June 1, 2005, was by no means a sure thing.
—EW.com, 5 July 2025
Whether the PhDs and other AI researchers working at Meta would accept Wang as their leader is hardly a sure thing.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 June 2025
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Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
That said, this isn’t a sure thing, and while a number of Amazon Prime Original sequels are in development, only a few have been released.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The first season, which premiered on June 1, 2005, was by no means a sure thing.
—EW.com, 5 July 2025
Whether the PhDs and other AI researchers working at Meta would accept Wang as their leader is hardly a sure thing.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 June 2025
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“A sure thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20sure%20thing. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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