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The excise gross-up payment gives the executive enough additional cash so that they are left as if the excise tax never hit them.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Instead of being an anchoring penultimate episode, the entire display felt useless and confusing, as if the audience was suddenly watching an entirely different television program.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
But where these artists possess a commanding confidence, Moales often sounds plucky, as if thrust forward to sing with her eyes shut tight at the world’s most eclectic karaoke night.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
That’s why Hill’s doctors initially took her copayments and sent no bill, as if nothing had changed.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Instead of being an anchoring penultimate episode, the entire display felt useless and confusing, as if the audience was suddenly watching an entirely different television program.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
But where these artists possess a commanding confidence, Moales often sounds plucky, as if thrust forward to sing with her eyes shut tight at the world’s most eclectic karaoke night.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
That’s why Hill’s doctors initially took her copayments and sent no bill, as if nothing had changed.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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