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These patches often close known security holes that scammers exploit.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Less known is that most of the tortellini, spaghetti and rigatoni its factories churn out gets sent abroad.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
The health agency maintains that the public health risk is low and there is no known person-to-person spread at this time.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
The film is about an actor, still well known and ostensibly successful, who feels dissatisfied with his creative choices and disconnected from the people around him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Less known is that most of the tortellini, spaghetti and rigatoni its factories churn out gets sent abroad.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
The health agency maintains that the public health risk is low and there is no known person-to-person spread at this time.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
The film is about an actor, still well known and ostensibly successful, who feels dissatisfied with his creative choices and disconnected from the people around him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/known. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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known
adjective
: generally recognized
a known expert on art
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