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Noun
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Estimates then included a $79 million decrease in sales taxes.—
Bryan P. Sears,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026 -
The average home value in Elk Grove is currently $624,443, according to Zillow, which represents a slight decrease from the prior year.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Clean-up and mitigation efforts cost millions, with plans in place in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to mix or rake the seaweed along the coast to keep beaches clean.—
Bri Buckley,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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The civilian mitigation teams work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.—
Patrick Smith,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Matcha is generally safe to drink in moderation.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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Harris has promised moderation and a focus on the district's problems, contrasting himself with Greene's bomb-throwing style.—
JEFF AMY AND SOPHIE BATES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Carney also expressed relief that no one was injured.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Minnelli expected to sit in her usual director’s chair to give her back some relief.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Chamberlain had a long career in public service, but his name will forever be tarnished in the annals of history and remembered for one thing — appeasement.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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The lesson of history is that appeasement and hope are not a strategy against a bloodthirsty tyrant.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Assuagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assuagement. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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