1
as in lining up
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as in recruiting
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Other busy work like checking emails and organizing files can be done when the children are awake.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025 -
Many probationary employees in the Science Mission Directorate, expecting not to come back the following week, spent Valentine’s Day and the weekend organizing their work and sending it to others, unprompted.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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The company is currently enrolling patients into a phase 3 clinical study of Fertilo.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Universities and colleges have historically not done well at enrolling Hispanic students, who lag behind their white peers in college attendance.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Calling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calling%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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