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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Outside of Wall Street, stock indexes fell sharply in Europe following their wipeouts on Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
The amount that can be contributed is capped at $5,000; after 2027, that amount will be indexed for inflation.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The pair plan to back around 20 companies over the next two years, including market makers in prediction markets, designers of prediction market indices, among other categories.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Outside of Wall Street, stock indexes fell sharply in Europe following their wipeouts on Thursday.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
The annual limits are indexed to inflation and will rise over time.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
The amount that can be contributed is capped at $5,000; after 2027, that amount will be indexed for inflation.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for index
Noun
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Special elections often draw outsize attention as early indicators of voter sentiment, though turnout is typically lower than in general elections.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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More than 50% of those vehicles would not be allowed to register in Maryland because of indicators on their record and nearly all were out of compliance with Virginia safety inspections.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Initially listed as questionable for the game with back spasms, Norman Powell on Sunday morning was downgraded to out because of an upper respiratory illness.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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This distinction was missing both from popular discourse, the academics felt, and from an influential definition of antisemitism associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which lists numerous examples of antisemitism related to criticism of Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Delicate little needles in the windows that flickered up and then sifted back down.—
Caleb Crain,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Villa told the San Francisco Chronicle that the woman had cracked lips, cut feet, and pine needles in her hair.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Cavaliers guard James Harden recorded 17 points and 14 assists.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ragans struggled to land his secondary pitches, recording just 52 of his 90 pitches for strikes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This is why, as the conflict entered its second year, rabbis at many American synagogues strained to avoid the subject.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The two teams entered the contest with much different mindsets.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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So far, the mission has cataloged nearly 7,900 candidates known as TESS Objects of Interest, with 759 of them already confirmed as planets.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Their task that day was to catalog the organisms living in the grassland.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Herrera filed an appeal Thursday to the Kansas State Supreme Court, according to court documents.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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There are currently no criminal allegations against Mortensen, who filed a temporary restraining order against Paul and was granted temporary full custody of their 2-year-old son, Ever.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Index.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/index. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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