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Adjective
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Jewish voters are more divided, with Cuomo leading at 26 percent, followed by Lander (17 percent), Mamdani (14 percent) and Adams (10 percent).—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025 -
The responses were more divided in Denmark — with 39% opposed and 36% in favor — and in Spain, with 45% opposed and 37% in favor.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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But the area where these cuts will be felt most acutely is with respect to elder abuse, which is already a neglected area of health care and social services.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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By upcycling a neglected garment, Hirsch hopes to give someone the chance to experience the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into creating a piece.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The new spot shows of Riri Williams, architect of a new, Stark-like suit in the wake of his death, though with seemingly no connection to the man, nor did their stories overlap when the character first introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as a disjointed part of that film.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The Raptors have tried and looked a bit disjointed.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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As a 16-year-old living in the South of France who’s frequently disconnected from his surroundings and loved ones, Pohu anchors the film’s emotional power even as some of the writing for his character and his family can verge on vexing vagueness rather than appealing ambiguity.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
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The legislation proposes new regulations for annual reporting on disconnected youth and encourages early childhood education programs to use federal programs to provide more nutritious food to children.—
Jessika Harkay,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The sale of the detached house in the 2300 block of Fruitdale Ave., San Jose, has been finalized.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Around the same time, a team unconnected to Assadi posted their own result that reduced the edge coloring time to the order of m times the cube root of n (opens a new tab).—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
12 May 2025
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However, some legacy banks remain unconnected to universal providers, forcing clients to manually download and upload bank statements.—
Peter Potapov,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Adrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adrift. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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