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this bowdlerization of "Moby Dick" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology
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Readers can ask questions, generate summaries, create audio stories, or translate reports, all within one consistent experience.—
Mark Howard,
Time,
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a recent Instagram post, Kardashian laughed off negative reviews of the show, which also stars Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts and Glenn Close, has been receiving from fans.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The applicant team planned to set aside some of the lot for public use, but as part of local planning groups’ reviews of the project, neighbors and community volunteers expressed the desire for more.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Policymakers typically look to monthly surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the broadest and most accurate snapshot of the job market.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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It was first successfully employed in an aquatic environment in 2008 to detect the presence of an invasive species — the American bullfrog — in France, after more traditional methods of DNA detection, such as audio or visual surveys, had been unsuccessful.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Bowdlerizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowdlerizations. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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