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baksheeshs

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plural of baksheesh

as in payoffs

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Ride or Die‘s true appeal is as a comedy, though, and there its payoffs are much more consistent, thanks to a likable and game ensemble.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Every painting is a model of academic crispness and polish, filled with visual cues and prearranged emotional payoffs.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of payoffs

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Then, in 2016, Correia used his position as mayor to solicit bribes from and extort prospective marijuana businesses seeking to operate in the city.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
Yang Youlin also was convicted of embezzlement, offering bribes, misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power and money laundering in one of the most dramatic corruption cases in recent years in terms of the sheer scale of the bribes involved.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of bribes

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Only 25% of production houses supported by the FDC or tax incentives have returned for a second project, leaving 75% unable to build long-term capacity.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026
While the threshold sparked debate, the decree offers financial incentives for parties to merge by discounting registration fees for coalitions and alliances.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of incentives

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How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Chung recently received her first award from the National Institutes of Health for a research project to understand how genetically identical cells respond differently to stimuli, such as treatments or environmental cues.

— Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

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