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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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Security was increased at the site and the individual was blocked from returning to TwitchCon premises and banned from future events, the statement said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Branch disagreed with the premise.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Even the Boston Police Department had already issued a press statement, written by still another shady cop from Canton, declaring Karen Read guilty as charged – no presumptions of innocence in Norfolk County.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, every individual is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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But today the dictum applies to Israel, as well.—
RICHARD HAASS,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Sep. 2025
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Not that Wolfe’s dictum was totally off the mark.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The reason, the authors of a new study postulate, has to do with light pollution.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Aug. 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
Noun
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Sabatini said that former President Ronald Reagan's doctrine included intervening on behalf of and supporting military governments with the intention of stopping the spread of communism.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The attorney general alleges violations of public trust doctrine, public nuisance and the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bell might also question those billionaires and pose hypotheticals to gauge their reactions.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The narrative too often focuses on headlines and hypotheticals, rather than on structure, incentives, and outcomes.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Amazon isn't the only tech company that appears to make assumptions about AI's effects on code.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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That assumption collapsed along with Larsen B in the early 2000s, and scientists soon came to a consensus that ice loss was well underway.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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