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Among a few of them are the fact that brands are funding campaigns without cultural context, creators are chasing overdue payments (um, what the heck is net90), and too many activations end up feeling inauthentic.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 25 July 2025
The adults then toast the kids: Steven’s early graduation and recovery from the crash, Conrad’s brains and career aspirations, Belly’s bright future and upcoming Parisian studies, and, um, Jeremiah’s super-senior status and no particular plans after that.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 July 2025
The Indiana born TikTokers let their fans know what was going on, using the double cherry emoji as a symbol for their, um, anatomy.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Among his more hair-raising points: Intelligent machines could one day decide humans are no longer needed and, um, that’d be that.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 25 July 2025
The adults then toast the kids: Steven’s early graduation and recovery from the crash, Conrad’s brains and career aspirations, Belly’s bright future and upcoming Parisian studies, and, um, Jeremiah’s super-senior status and no particular plans after that.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 July 2025
The Indiana born TikTokers let their fans know what was going on, using the double cherry emoji as a symbol for their, um, anatomy.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Among his more hair-raising points: Intelligent machines could one day decide humans are no longer needed and, um, that’d be that.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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