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Adjective
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023 -
According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The tougher policy changes are adding to the minors’ trauma, advocates say.—
Nicol León,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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In this deep perennial border, Jordin layered tough perennials that deliver a profusion of color in the height of summer, including catmint, 'Millenium' allium, 'Cinderella' milkweed, and clary sage. 2.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Transportation between the center and affected areas will be provided every day until 2 p.m. Williamson County plans to open a center soon but does not yet have a firm date or location, said county spokesperson Nick Castillo.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
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Choose a head of cabbage that feels firm and heavy for its size.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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This principled shift is both a moral necessity and a strategic imperative for stability and peace in Iran and the region.—
Tom Ridge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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David Richmond Gergen was a rare breed, a rare talent, a rare intellect and a profoundly warm, principled human being.—
Joan Michelson,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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This creates a virtuous cycle where clean transportation adoption supports renewable energy deployment, which in turn reduces the entire transport system’s carbon intensity.—
Margo T. Oge,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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This combination of recycling and increasing efficiency makes for a kind of mind-blowing virtuous cycle.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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This gap is a moral issue and a missed opportunity.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Human decision making includes context, experience and moral reasoning.—
Haider Ali,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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The rocket’s bottom portion, containing the main engines, returns to Earth upright, intact and ready to be deployed for other missions.—
Selam Gebrekidan,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Siberian iris is a workable substitute for upright ornamental grasses.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 July 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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