1
as in passing (down)
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as in reporting
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Employers will begin separately reporting these amounts in future years, but for now the IRS is allowing multiple documentation methods to ensure taxpayers can claim the deductions accurately.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Revered biologist Jane Goodall is most associated with her careful observation and reporting on the complex lives and communities of chimpanzees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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That discipline is now informing its expansion into the United States, where conversational AI is widespread but largely limited to customer support.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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On Tuesday, school district Superintendent Eduardo Reyes issued a letter notifying families and staff in the district of the arrest.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Yolo County coroner’s officials will identify the tractor-trailer’s driver after notifying next of kin.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Without disclosing an exact amount, the city manager said that Pico Rivera had set aside some funding for strategic real estate acquisitions and that this would be the ideal investment for the community.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Fox News Digital is not disclosing the identity of the teammate.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The car was removed from the home by fire personnel, revealing the home’s living room front wall as destroyed, exposing the room to the front yard of the home.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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That will set the stage for revealing the latest intriguing and perhaps crucial insights underlying how LLMs veer into collaborating on delusional thinking with users.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Byrne says fear is manifesting in the ways children are behaving.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2026
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What has been your reaction to the volume of this really ugly misogyny manifesting right now?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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In addition to imparting social and creative problem-solving skills, recruiters still rank GPA and degrees highly in their search for new talent, although recent evidence suggests many companies are doubling down on hiring from top colleges.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Her brother, Luca, works his Sicilian charisma on all guests, imparting his encyclopedic knowledge of wine (especially Malvasia) and infectious pride for this pretty corner of the Aeolians.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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California State University has settled a lawsuit with its faculty union that restricts the university from divulging personal information to federal agencies investigating antisemitism on campus without the employee’s knowledge, union leaders said.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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The siblings also claim the estate made the agreement null by filing public petitions and divulging confidential information in open court.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Handing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handing%20down. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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