as in to allow (for)
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Driving across the top of Vermont with a load of ingredients for cattle feed, trucker Chris Thomas was still hours away from finishing his workday and already trying to figure out where to sleep.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026 -
More often than not, his Fighting Irish figured out a way to scratch out the wins.—
Eric Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Taxpayers need to be extra careful and adjust their state tax filings to add back income that may have been deducted at the federal level.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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They will automatically be deducted at checkout.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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While Intuitive Surgical’s sales to Fortinet have scaled back its holdings in Sunnyvale, the maker of a cutting-edge surgical robot has created a huge campus at the corner of Kifer Road and Commercial Street.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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In a nod to critics who worried the building would dwarf the famous dive tower, developer Mario Caprini and his team scaled back the west building’s height from the equivalent of 13 stories to six.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Factor (in or into or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factor%20%28in%20or%20into%20or%20out%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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