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this bowdlerization of "Moby Dick" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology
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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,
26 Sep. 2025 -
For serious or work-critical summaries, Reminders’ new Apple Intelligence capabilities aren’t reliable enough.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 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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The second weekend of the season brings a guest appearance by Elfman at a concert dedicated to his music for the films of Tim Burton enhanced by visuals of original sketches and drawings from the films.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Any unruliness was saved for the sketches.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, the drop-off could also be attributed to people refusing to answer surveys or not indicating their nativity status, economists note.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Its surveys vary in their findings across time and can be either favorable or unfavorable to the government.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of people have taken to social media, Reddit and Google reviews in support of the couple and their family, with many urging the company to reconsider its decision.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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As evident in her comment section, Amy tells PEOPLE the reviews for his results have been mixed.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Bowdlerizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowdlerizations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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