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Noun
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His father is on the fence about Ocasio-Cortez, comparing her situation to Barack Obama, who briefly served in the U.S. Senate from Illinois before running for and winning the presidency in 2008.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025 -
Fox noted the latest number is lower than where all of his most recent predecessors were at this point in their presidencies.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 July 2024
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The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
4 May 2024
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Brunson earns the nod here as my second East backcourt starter because of his overall efficiency and floor generalship.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brunson earns the nod here as my second East backcourt starter because of his overall efficiency and floor generalship.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Newsom’s Department of Finance and the Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, agree that the structural deficit, at least $10 billion a year and as much as $30 billion, will continue at least through the remainder of Newsom’s governorship.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Should Newsom et al bail out Los Angeles, these other local entities will demand similar largesse from a state budget already hemorrhaging red ink and that faces the likelihood of deficits at least through the remainder of Newsom’s governorship and probably longer.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2025
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The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.—
N.T. Wright,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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In the benchmark survey, known as Bright Line Watch, U.S.-based professors rate the performance of American democracy on a scale from zero (complete dictatorship) to 100 (perfect democracy).—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the late 1970s, Argentina was under the heel of a military dictatorship.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Hernández’s mastery distinguishes him from Hollywood director Daniel Minahan, whose latest is On Swift Horses, another love story about romantic panic but without Hernández’s élan.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Apr. 2025
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Students in mixed-age studios set personal goals and demonstrate mastery through public exhibitions, not tests.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Linkin Park continues to prove its dominance at rock radio decades after the first hit was produced.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the following months, Modi’s government introduced a series of extraordinary initiatives meant to solidify Hindu dominance.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Captainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captainship. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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