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Recent Examples of dual
Analysts also expect China’s dual use export restrictions still prohibit shipments to military suppliers, leaving US defense contractors without access to such materials.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Small businesses, already vulnerable due to labor shortages, now face dual pressures: a shrinking labor force and rising costs from global tariffs.
—Ana Valdez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
What To Know The Japanese Defense Ministry issued another update on the Chinese dual aircraft carrier deployment on Friday, revealing that the Liaoning and its naval task group returned to the East China Sea from the Philippine Sea after transiting the Miyako Strait that same day.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Designing dual reward systems—that honor achievement while investing in future capability—is essential for talent sustainability.
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—Melanie Hughes, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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John Liu, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Small businesses, already vulnerable due to labor shortages, now face dual pressures: a shrinking labor force and rising costs from global tariffs.
—Ana Valdez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
What To Know The Japanese Defense Ministry issued another update on the Chinese dual aircraft carrier deployment on Friday, revealing that the Liaoning and its naval task group returned to the East China Sea from the Philippine Sea after transiting the Miyako Strait that same day.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Designing dual reward systems—that honor achievement while investing in future capability—is essential for talent sustainability.
5.
—Melanie Hughes, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual
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Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The play begins on the morning of 9/11, when Jane, a Brooklyn schoolteacher-turned-stay-at-home mom of 8-year-old twin boys, discovers that her husband, Gabe, has likely perished, along with nearly 2,800 others, in the terrorist attacks on the twin towers.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The team found that binary coding could store messages 10 times longer than Morse code.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Boards are now forced into a binary decision: double down—pay up for ex-banker talent, spin up second-line compliance, turn ISO 20022 into a religion—or retreat to pure subscription margins and hope the competition does the same.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The soundtrack that accompanied her film A Star Is Born, which is credited to the singer-songwriter as well as Bradley Cooper, was certified double platinum back in 2019.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The unfortunate frame began with a Davis Schneider double, which knocked Carlos Rodón out of the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 July 2025
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“Dual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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