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Related:Central Indiana sees higher pending home sales in August, as Fed rate cut boosts demand
Indianapolis is building — a lot
Downtown Indy currently has more than $9 billion in the development pipeline, which also helps fatten the coffers of the city and state through taxes.
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Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
Feeder cattle are young cattle that are mature enough to be fattened for slaughter.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
Over the next two weeks, the Rockets have a chance to fatten their record against some weaker competition, before things get much more difficult.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey spend most of their lives in the ocean, which fattens them for their long migration (totaling hundreds of miles) up the Klamath River to reproduce.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
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Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
Feeder cattle are young cattle that are mature enough to be fattened for slaughter.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
Over the next two weeks, the Rockets have a chance to fatten their record against some weaker competition, before things get much more difficult.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey spend most of their lives in the ocean, which fattens them for their long migration (totaling hundreds of miles) up the Klamath River to reproduce.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
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Around them were 19,000 empty seats that in just 24 hours would be filled with spectators watching this inevitable bloodbath of a basketball game.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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These include detailed observations of the super-heated plasma that fills the space between galaxies — known as the intracluster medium — and faint light emitted by a nearby supernova remnant.Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, they should always be given in moderation, because overfeeding your pet can lead to obesity, which causes diseases such as diabetes mellitus, arthritis, heart disease and even cancer.Maria Azzurra Volpe, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some big studios completely changed their films very close to the finish line, which sometimes can mess things up.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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The most successful, or at least fascinating, of these movies tends to mess in one way or another with his seemingly carefree relationship to notions of authenticity or identity.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New York Times, 13 June 2023
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In summary, short-term volatility will persist while consumers batten down the hatches, but as always the future of retail is bright for those who are willing to evolve.Natalie Berg, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Fatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatten. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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