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Adjective
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Stanley is a member of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School and serves on the advisory board of the Prison Policy Initiative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
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Gautam Varma, managing director of strategic advisory V2 Ventures, shied from calling the precious metals market broken, but noted that the surge reflects a growing influence of speculative capital.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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The actuary performs a variety of analytical and consultative tasks for the California Department of Insurance, along with providing support on special projects.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to Barber, the company’s online design tool, templates, and consultative approach help meet those expectations.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
22 Dec. 2025
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In this version of events, Easter Island is a cautionary tale of a population that destroyed itself, its island paradise, and whatever mysterious civilization had created its thousand or so stone monuments, or moai.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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This positions higher education as both a cautionary tale and a proving ground for burnout-proof leadership strategies across sectors.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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 1 Feb. 2026.
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