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adducing

verb

present participle of adduce

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to give as an example in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts

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Paoletta said the Democratic congressman was wrongly characterizing the scope of the original, century-old construction plan, citing correspondence from long-ago officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
La La filed for divorce from the NBA star back in 2021, citing irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ, which first reported on the settlement Wednesday.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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In the most competitive races, 32% of all recent Democratic ad spending went to ads mentioning energy affordability issues, compared with 12% from Republicans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
And the last two summits have ended with little agreement on how to reduce emissions, the final texts not even mentioning fossil fuels.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

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adducing

add (up)

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