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homework

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Recent Examples of homework But every team with a potential coaching opening will likely do its homework on Tomlin. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, homework piled up, eating into what remained of kids’ autonomy after school. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Back to school means lots of things—back to routine, back to homework, and, for the parents out there, back to packing lunches. — Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homework

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For Zarina Pino, a medical doctor, the calendar change this year feels particularly meaningful, as a Miami-Dade County Public Schools alumna herself who never got to embrace the holiday without compromising her schoolwork.

— Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the community has stepped up to help the family by caring for the kids, delivering meals, helping with schoolwork and walking the dog.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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For many, the day is remembered through museum exhibits, classroom lessons, anniversary broadcasts and the stories shared by survivors and victims' families.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Every guest pays $100 a night towards conservation projects, which include rebuilding schools and clinics on the mainland, and providing conservation lessons to schools and fishing communities.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

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Rarely has a film so resourcefully evoked the transportive but decidedly analog thrill of reading; rarely has the warmly musty smell of research libraries and archives somehow wafted with such sense-memory precision off a cinema screen.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Our full events calendar, which continues to grow, also features community workshops, silent reading clubs and more.

— Aaron Reiss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

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