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Moral vocabulary has been absorbed into the language of force, and grief now shares its grammar with the machinery that manufactures it.
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Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Third, unsettle the colonial grammar of center and periphery, local and global.
—Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Terence Davies’s first three shorts are among the most accomplished debuts in film history, profoundly personal in theme and with a preternatural grasp of cinematic grammar.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
So what if your grammar ain’t great?
—Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Third, unsettle the colonial grammar of center and periphery, local and global.
—Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Terence Davies’s first three shorts are among the most accomplished debuts in film history, profoundly personal in theme and with a preternatural grasp of cinematic grammar.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
So what if your grammar ain’t great?
—Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Fresh Stems for the Perfect Finish Finally, Gaines recommends incorporating natural elements, like fresh stems or large branches from your backyard.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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On the contrary, my own polls show that many elements of the Democratic Socialist agenda are popular with the Black electorate.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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