as in to prime
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The Phillies are primed to compete for the next couple of seasons, including the opportunity at a deep run this season; these could be very attractive factors to Buxton.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025 -
How 'tropical waves' carry confounding clues about huge hurricanes The Atlantic is primed to start spewing hurricanes, NOAA forecast says Prepare now for hurricanes, Trump warns.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Instead, follow new rules: Entertain first, then inspire or educate.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Elite provides hybrid education and online school — mainly homeschooling — to about 1,800 students who are primarily taught by their parents or private vendors who Elite pays to educate its students.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Her father, Bruno Bischofberger, a Swiss art dealer, met her American mother, Christina Clifton in Zurich, and she was schooled in art history over the breakfast table.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Actress Jodie Turner-Smith is schooling Joshua Jackson on the importance of a Black mother in a biracial child’s life.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 June 2025
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Key Background Congress approved topline spending goals earlier this year to enact Trump’s agenda, instructing relevant committees in the House and Senate to write policy legislation in line with the new figures.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Another common homeowner boundary issue arises when homeowners instruct HOA vendors, which is the manager’s role.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The firm provides outsourced customer care and back office services to large enterprises, which investors believe will be displaced by generative AI being deployed directly by its customers.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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The front desk team can provide the number for a local transportation company.—
Kate Lewis,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The doctor will then train a hearing aid novice on how to insert, charge, and clean the aids and go over any lingering paperwork that needs to be dealt with.—
Christopher Null,
Wired News,
19 June 2025
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The digital youngster has every fancy treadmill and training metric modern science can provide.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Investors are also gearing up for May's personal consumption expenditures price index reading, due out Friday morning.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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The revelation comes as Lorde gears up for the release of her new album Virgin, out June 27 via Republic Records.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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After Belfield was arrested at the airport, Manchester police said he had been charged with murder, conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to supply class A drugs.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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The expenditures have already boosted Greece’s relationship with major powers like the U.S. and France, Piccoli said, partly because these nations supply military equipment to Athens.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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