as in to cater (to)
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In my first novel, The Laughter, the middle-aged white male protagonist is an English professor who doesn’t understand why the university must give in to demands for a more diverse curriculum and faculty rather than simply teach about truth and beauty from the literary canon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025 -
Amid all this, censors were sitting on Panahi’s script, only giving in after reformist newspapers took up his cause.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Online votes can be adjusted during the window; SMS votes are final once submitted.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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O’Connell has submitted a supplemental budget to the Metro Council for review, since the new sales tax funds weren’t anticipated in the original fiscal year 2025 budget.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Oct. 2025
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Deadline first reported the news that the package was hitting the market after Safdie and Johnson’s A24 pic The Smashing Machine bowed at the Venice Film Festival.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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The new episodes will bow in 2026.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Give over (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20over%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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