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Within that bolus of bureaucratic bloviation are approximately 280 tax expenditures — also known as loopholes — that can be used by eligible taxpayers to legally reduce their tax burden.
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Could infusing an extra bolus of these cells do more harm than good?
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The wearable, fully disposable device provided adjustable basal and bolus insulin for up to three days for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024
Could infusing an extra bolus of these cells do more harm than good?
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Applied across the more than 600 gigawatts of wind power capacity installed worldwide, either estimate represents an impressive bolus of clean energy that can be seized with little extra investment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Noun
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Their bilateral meeting will be prelude for the following day’s double dose of gatherings when Lula and Sánchez confer with other leaders at two events inside a sprawling conference center in Spain’s second city.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Traditionally, the first dose of the MMR vaccine is given around one year of age.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This means there is no official dosage range for turmeric supplements.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2026
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Results are gradual and dependent on dosage—and many of said studies are small or industry-funded.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Bolus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolus. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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