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Noun
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Fascism spins the greatest fictions of all time—about race, about origins, about past and future glories—and people eat them up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The wings on either side of the knot are what came before and what came after, models for what Jefferson wrote and imitations of it.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Cheaper imitations and modern methods of culturing have considerably diminished the value of natural pearls since then.—
Caitlin Kennedy,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Old and old-fashioned, Charles and Camilla do not offer vitality, romance or drama as representations of the house of Windsor.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In response to being frustrated when trying to find images of Black people for his clients, the web designer and tech guru Kenneth Wiggins created a beta stock agency in 2015 to promote better and more diverse representations in his BlackStockImages, also known as BlackStock.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to evidence presented at trial, Zhu and his associates imported cheap COVID-19 tests from China, then repackaged and resold them under false pretenses.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Maybe Thalia had come to Gilead under false pretenses and gotten caught.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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In addition, four type III bursts in the dataset display several of the key signatures predicted by the simulations, reinforcing the link between these structures and the measured drift behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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When given profit-at-all-costs prompts, agentic systems have exhibited aggressive behavior, such as threatening a competitor with supply cutoffs in simulations.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Termini adds that, contrary to DraftKings’ insinuations, the NCAA’s deal with Genius Sports contains various restrictions on trademark use.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The feud escalated further in February, when Owens launched a multi-part series targeting Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, delving into her family background and advancing insinuations about her role in his death that were widely condemned across the conservative spectrum.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These early demonstrations are designed to evaluate how robots can safely assist in real airport conditions rather than operate independently.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The program included a technology deep dive exploring the science behind modern IPL devices, a creator roundtable discussing personal journeys around beauty and self-confidence and hands-on demonstrations that allowed attendees to experience the devices directly.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The designers sourced many of these elements from a local vendor who donated panels initially used in their displays at the Merchandise Mart.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Most of us just enjoy the springtime displays of these colorful stalks of blooms.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Impostures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impostures. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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