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Noun
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Singapore’s Land Transport Authority reports that the system cut average travel times by 30% and reduced congestion at major intersections by 15%.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026 -
Multiple intersections will be expanded and enhanced, chief among them being the one at Naperville Road and Diehl Road, which is to be widened and resurfaced, Travia said.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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This reflective pet collar with built‑in AirTag holder is designed to keep tracking simple without extra attachments.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Graduation ceremonies are tedious to any but those with the strongest ties and attachments to a graduate.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Only its articulations and the environment in which it is felt shift.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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The 1984 speech that so moved Baldwin remains one of the greatest articulations of American liberalism ever made.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Abutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abutments. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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