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So consider this an anthology of top architectural attractions, a compendium of cultural wonders, and a shortlist of the most sure-to-impress natural scenery on the planet.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
3 Dec. 2025 -
In one Zoom interview, Chalk carries his laptop over to another room in his house to show off his two-volume TASCHEN Books compendium on the making of that cinema classic, filled with rare photographs, annotated script pages, and more.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Nov. 2025
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That, plus a picture of Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, remains its best abridgment.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board candidates who are suing the Shelby County Election Commission over term abridgment had a win in court recently.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Fed on Wednesday will release its quarterly summary of economic projections, which lays out — anonymously — officials’ expectations for the course of interest rates across the coming months.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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Jaylen Wright delivered quite the succinct summary of his 2025 on Sunday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Dec. 2025
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Look for the following abbreviations in plant catalogs and on labels when selecting varieties.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Do not send pictures, videos, emojis, group messages, slang, abbreviations or web links.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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In this sense, the salt flats and their salty lakes are at once a living record and an ongoing recapitulation of billions of years of planetary history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Word for World Is Forest envisions space exploration as a recapitulation of earlier colonial conflicts.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
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The curtailment of academic freedom, the deportation of foreign students, the banning of protests: all of this is being done under the pretext of protecting Jews, who alone are entitled to protections that other groups apparently don’t merit.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Water curtailments in 2022 cost Sacramento Valley farmers 14,300 jobs and more than $1.3 billion in economic value.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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This movement engages the quad concentrically, which means the muscles contract while shortening, Mann said.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
10 Dec. 2025
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Pat McGinnis, co-owner of Kelly's Pot Pies & More, said the secret to a rich, flaky texture is to use lard instead of butter or shortening.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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The publication's covers have captured history and the public mood that defines it — like the famous September 2001 issue's cover, which simply featured the black outline of the Twin Towers against a dark sky.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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This partly due to the lack of subdial outlines, a characteristic of the collection.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Compend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compend. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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