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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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Now, finally opening for its first full season in 2025, the brand new Beachside is ready to jumpstart an exciting new chapter for the premises.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 May 2026
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The agent performs investigations related to criminal activity committed by licensed premises.—
Angela Rodriguez
May 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Ruben does little to dissuade Niall’s presumptions.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Meantime, all presumption of innocence from me.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Testing the limits of the dictum that targets of his opprobrium should take him seriously, not literally, Trump is aggressively threatening to swallow Greenland, despite the current lack of threats and his previous neglect of America’s military role on the island.—
Doug Bandow,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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Not that the publishing industry can’t or shouldn’t address the more general problem Kuznetsova highlights, which applies to this dictum, too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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That postulate would justify racial quotas or preferences to remedy racial discrimination uncorroborated by credible evidence.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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He is associated with Catholic integralism, a view that Catholic social doctrine should shape public life, that the church’s moral authority matters in the political sphere.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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This approach emphasizes not just procurement, but also the development of doctrine, training frameworks, logistics networks, and sustained operational deployment in real-world conditions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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The hypothetical of Jerry Jones striking deals in New York, Chicago and other major cities might prove true, but whether that covers all markets and whether other owners would do the same are all question marks.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Choose clarity over assumption, and move forward with agreements that feel grounded, mutual, and realistic to maintain over time.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Ricketts has minor quibbles with some of the assumptions behind these projections.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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