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Noun
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For example, a hardcore alcoholic probably had some kind of kidney or liver damage and that impairment keeps the disability checks rolling in.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026 -
Monthly payments range from roughly $180 at the low end to nearly $5,000 for the most severely disabled, with higher amounts tied to the number of dependents and depth of impairment.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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In Sydney, Spain’s gold medal-winning basketball team in the intellectually disabled category included players later found not to have disabilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The emergency assistance program, run by The Salvation Army, helps residential customers who are behind on paying their Nicor Gas bill and experiencing financial hardship because of military deployment, job loss, illness, a disability or other issues.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Many of the failings against Monaco — and there were plenty — have been recurring motifs in recent months.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Read Credit Suisse’s own post-mortem report on its Archegos failings, prepared by law firm Paul Weiss.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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These were analyzing their own strengths and opponents’ weaknesses, forecasting what steps the opponents would take, and making a decision on what to do next.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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For the luxury industry, the stakes extend well beyond the immediate disruption as missiles light up the skies over the region that many hoped would help offset offset weakness in China and deliver the sector’s next chapter of growth.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
3 Mar. 2026
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And Americans already struggling with high prices have paid these tariffs to their detriment.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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During this retrograde, Mercury will transit in the sign of Pisces where astrologers ascertain it to be in both its detriment and fall – meaning that Mercurial topics like data and analysis don't excel as much in a sign known for emotions and abstraction.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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Neither agency found fault with Johnson’s plan to break the payment up.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Mays is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of reckless driving causing death and one count of leaving the scene of an at-fault accident causing death, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Defectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectiveness. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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