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as in courses
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as in options
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Noun
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Track position means more at road courses No pole-sitter has won the Roval, but several set up strong runs.—
Shane Connuck
October 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025 -
The 10 stylish courses included an absurdly succulent leek dressed in beurre blanc and lamb that had been cooked for three days.—
Fiona Mozley,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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This year, Spirit Halloween has options for dressing up like the unlikely besties, with costumes from both their Shiz days and post-graduation lives.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Larger platforms, such as HBO Max, Netflix, and Prime Video, provide extensive parental control options.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Monday’s classes had been cancelled after a deadly attack the day before at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a half-mile away.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Patients will have the option of checking in for appointments at the counters with staff or by using kiosks available on every floor.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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That's in addition to her regular obstetric appointments.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Team members become experts through extensive training programs, weekly wine tastings, and wine-producer seminars every month.—
Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The actors said that the episode was one of their least favorites but commended the late Doherty for her work on it.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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So, stating the obvious, here are two teams that were considered Super Bowl contenders — if not favorites — entering the year.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital offers mobile health clinics that travelto shelters and disadvantaged communities, providing free medical and behavioral health care to homeless youth from birth to age 24 across the Valley.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The bill would codify an executive order already in effect that prohibits physicians, clinics and hospitals from providing medications or surgeries for minors seeking gender transition.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Electives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/electives. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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