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as in refining
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as in reprocessing
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Armed with the insights gleaned from Go and Fresh, Amazon is refining and expanding its new five-store, small format Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, which will serve as a mini-convenience store.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026 -
But for African governments, the central challenge is realizing ambitions to move beyond only exporting raw minerals to processing and refining them, too.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Lines have formed for the bathroom, and protesters are routinely filtering in and out of the store to escape the cold.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead of just filtering by age or distance, the system weighs emotional compatibility, conflict styles, and expectations around commitment to suggest a smaller set of matches with higher odds of genuine chemistry.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thankfully, this week's episode wasted no time in rectifying that, and the Croissants were unmasked at the top of the evening.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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But Rams defensive lineman Kobie Turner said rectifying those mistakes is something that can be addressed on Sunday.—
Steve Reed,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
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My mom also notes the importance of always properly cleaning your cashmere and other garments before putting them away for the season.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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The most common danger is getting an infection from not properly cleaning your spa after every use.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Within days of the executive order, OPM issued formal government-wide implementation guidance clarifying how agencies should identify and reclassify covered positions.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Aides said the Pretti death was such a clarifying moment for their bosses that inaction was no longer an option.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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In most cases, the record holders agree to be interviewed, distilling years of experience into fairly shallow platitudes — pithy advice Green finds understandably unsatisfying.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Englishman John French developed a scalable industrial method of production in 1651, although other peoples were already well on their way with production before this—for example, the Irish were distilling whiskey in 1405.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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When taken together in the evening, extra virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice are said to act synergistically to create a gently purifying antioxidant blend.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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Crews continue to work in the crash site around Grade Lane, just south of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, hauling away contaminated soil, purifying water and repairing roadways.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Jan. 2026
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Strip off the hard outer skin and chew the woody pith, extracting its sweetness before spitting it out.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Clough had a knack of reviving the fortunes of waifs and strays; of extracting every ounce of talent from players.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Processing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/processing. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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