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This is because the anode, the negative electrode that stores and releases charge, determines the total energy the battery can store.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Attendance is one of the key factors that determines school funding in most states.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Another member of his class, Omar Abdelmoity, serves on the university’s Academic Integrity Board, the body that adjudicates cases of cheating, with AI or otherwise.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
17 Aug. 2025
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Joining judges Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Derek Hough this week is former dancing pro Kym Johnson.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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As West reports, Dubno’s update puts us in the head of an unnamed twentysomething who judges her peers at a cocktail party.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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The behavior may be fueled by those before them who have achieved what a would-be attacker deems a desirable amount of notoriety.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The university deems these actions unacceptable and has terminated the faculty member.—
Kenya Anderson,
Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
15 Oct. 2025
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In a touch of magical realism, Dolores hears a chorus of voices made up of her deceased female relatives, including her two mothers, aunts, great-aunts and grandmothers, commenting on her decisions.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Finds (for or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finds%20%28for%20or%20against%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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