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Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Among geologists, there are givens: Humans don’t build things that last a million years.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 Oct. 2025
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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Directed by Andrew Stanton, Toy Story 5’s premise is solid – Bonnie has had a hard time making friends, which resulted in Forky’s creation (voiced by Tony Hale) and his wife, Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), in Toy Story 4.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The letter makes presumptions about herbicides and pesticides that do not line up with its proposal outlined on a website detailing the training center project, the statement said.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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The contingency fee system allows attorneys to represent people who can’t afford an hourly rate on the presumption that the attorneys will earn their costs, and a profit, through an eventual settlement.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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That dictum applies beyond the theater.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Safe and familiar as that trajectory might be in a post-#GirlBoss rom-com, Goldstein and Joe Kelly’s script adds a little spice into the mix by questioning the dictums of today’s office culture.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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Not really Dagmar Bruss, professor and Head of the Quantum Information Theory group at HHU, and her doctoral researcher, Pedro Barrios Hita, conducted a new analysis of the postulates used in the 2021 paper and found one to be too restrictive.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
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Euclid’s postulates for geometry; various schemes for standardizing arithmetic.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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The alleged interference by Judge Curry is described as undermining Texas precedent, which recognizes a non-intervention doctrine for claims regarding voluntary associations.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2026
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Now, that doctrine is up to investors to decide.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Maybe my innocent hypothetical would soon become very real.—
Steven Rowley,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Families confronting complicated pregnancies are living through painful, high-stakes situations — not policy hypotheticals.—
Robin Sautter,
Washington Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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But this case shows that assumption can fall apart fast.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Since life-cycle assessments are sensitive to assumptions and contextual factors, the data is intended as a proxy for identifying supply chain pressure points rather than as a benchmarking tool.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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