as in to better
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Vanderbilt has noticed strides the 21-year-old Thiero, who has played in 17 NBA games this season, has taken to better his game.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Players like Buzelis and Giddey brush this off, emphasizing their commitment toward bettering the team through the final weeks of the season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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For example, in some parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the difference exceeds 3 feet.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Indiana could see data centers exceed 20% of the state’s electricity usage, a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute found.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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In Bozeman, 37 days of daily highs topped 50 degrees, contributing to its record warm winter.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Stewart and Mist are the queens of Unrivaled for 2026, topping Phantom 80-74 in the championship game Wednesday night to cap the league’s second season.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 19 Florida executions that year outstripped the previous high totals of eight in both 1984 and 2014.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic dropped its pledge to pause development if the capability of its AI models far outstripped safety research.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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But its momentum has slowed over the past decade, exacerbated by stringent pandemic controls, while regional rival India has surpassed it as the fastest-growing major economy.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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In February, the company’s exports surpassed its domestic sales for the first time, according to CNBC’s calculations.—
Matthew Chin,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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The peak-twee EPs are redolent of their moment in micro-history but also transcend it, standing up as classics of their kind.—
Brian Howe,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2026
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As Lang notes in the introduction, pimiento cheese transcends class boundaries; it's both served to the best golfers in the world and sold at Walmart.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Each casino tried to outshine the next; in 1961, Binion’s Gambling Hall unveiled a facade equipped with eight miles of neon tubes.—
Roger Kisby,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Club name Home Depot , which reported yesterday , outshines its main rival at last.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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Military cooperation between the two has remained constrained, and trade and investment flows are eclipsed by those with several Gulf states, as Beijing seeks to maintain balanced ties across the Middle East.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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The death rate has eclipsed the pace of 2025, which saw nine deaths by the end of February.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Ace (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ace%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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