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Adjective
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Look over current membership of advisory boards and question members with multiple leadership positions and length of service, set possible limits.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
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For the Spring Mountains, which are included in the advisory area, there have been only four other instances dating to 2006 in which winter weather advisories were issued in October.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Agencies must also build consultative services and ecosystem ties to stay indispensable.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The legislation comes after a consultative referendum last year in which 55% of voters supported the right to end-of-life autonomy.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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The Murdaughs are not unknowable monsters, but cautionary tales for what a lifetime without consequences can do to a soul.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Whether Albania’s actions represent an aspirational model for the future of governance, or a cautionary tale on the hazards of deployment without sufficient transparency and public involvement, will depend on what happens next.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.—
John Liu,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2023
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Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2022
Adjective
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As is the way with these premonitory lists, not all games are guaranteed 2025 releases.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Fashion observers had also noticed that Swift had introduced a premonitory blue bodysuit into her wardrobe at the Tuesday show.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2023
Adjective
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McKinsey could also slash as many as 2,000 non-consulting staff in one of its biggest round of layoffs ever, Bloomberg reported last month, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2023
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In an email to AL.com, Jones said Alabama Writers’ Forum will have a consulting role with the initiative, including assisting with publicity and sharing contacts across the state to help promote events or connect delegates with partners.—
Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com,
al,
3 Oct. 2022
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“Hortative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hortative. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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