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Yes, this son of Curlin is the class of the field, but in this game, there are no givens.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025 -
Assuming the roster gets back to full health, the givens ahead of Pelle in the rotation would be Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, Kel’el Ware, Andrew Wiggins and, perhaps, Davion Mitchell.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Younger of the Sierra Club took issue with the premise the hunt was science-based.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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The premise is that the same small documentary crew that followed Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and his staff around for nine seasons has a new subject to chronicle, the quirky staff of the Toledo Truth Teller, a newspaper set in the Ohio city that is Michigan’s nearby neighbor to the south.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Therefore, the presumption of innocence must continue to prevail.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The presumption that refugees move over borders for just a few weeks to escape some crisis then quickly return home is pollyannaish.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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WarGames and The Matrix, each in its own quite different way, follow the classic dictum that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.—
Jeremy Dauber,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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The majority opinion in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary included a now-famous dictum about parents’ rights to shape their children’s upbringing.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
5 June 2025
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Now, tangible results have emerged in a field replete with postulates and presumptions.—
Jenna Ahart,
Quanta Magazine,
2 July 2025
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Also called Euclid’s fifth postulate, this rule tells us the following: Suppose you’re given a line.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
6 Dec. 2023
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This change comes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s blockbuster 2024 decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, which for 50 years had often bound federal courts to defer to the executive branch for interpretation of U.S. law.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The ruling is part of a broader conservative legal agenda that’s been years in the making—one that took a major leap forward when the court overturned the Chevron doctrine last year.—
Monifa Bandele,
Essence,
29 July 2025
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Contrary to some assumptions, Republicans have the ability to transform Cleaver's district into a solid Republican seat.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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For years, Fort Worth ISD had asked those staffers to focus on helping teachers improve their teaching skills, with the assumption that better instruction — and, therefore, higher test scores — would follow.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Aug. 2025
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To Know Every Nail To build a proof, mathematicians start with a sturdy foundation of assumptions, or axioms.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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To prove those true statements, mathematicians would have to add a new axiom.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
20 June 2025
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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