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Hanna-Barbera figured out how to make do with more rudimentary animation, cutting in half the number of original frames per second.
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Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The naming practices can frustrate efforts to track the chemicals in food, to measure how much of the stuff people are taking in, and even to figure out precisely which chemicals a scientific study evaluated, researchers said.
—David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
The final phase focuses on the obstacles preventing people from achieving their live-abroad goals and figuring out real-world solutions to those problems.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Before Jodie Foster’s Lilian can figure out what to do with a sudden opening in her agenda — Paula (Virgine Efira) has missed a third consecutive session — one of her other patients shows up unannounced.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
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Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The naming practices can frustrate efforts to track the chemicals in food, to measure how much of the stuff people are taking in, and even to figure out precisely which chemicals a scientific study evaluated, researchers said.
—David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
The final phase focuses on the obstacles preventing people from achieving their live-abroad goals and figuring out real-world solutions to those problems.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Before Jodie Foster’s Lilian can figure out what to do with a sudden opening in her agenda — Paula (Virgine Efira) has missed a third consecutive session — one of her other patients shows up unannounced.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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