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Noun
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There are societies and families in which older siblings function as parental figures, and compulsory caregiving is the reigning paradigm.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Spatial computing promises to become a new computing paradigm, replacing the era of smartphones, which in turn replaced the era of PCs.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The domestic violence survivor has experienced multiple instances and stands fully behind a campaign taking aim at the act.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The most recent instance was the last game of the 2025 season, when Adames hit first to get as many at-bats as possible to reach 30 homers.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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For example, Desert needs to get her wisdom teeth removed but says the TSA isn’t approving time off during the shutdown.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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For example, there was no mandate that immigration officers wear identification or other changes the White House had floated earlier in talks, including a ban on immigration enforcement at schools, churches, hospitals and other sensitive places, the person said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Highlighting the day’s festivities will be the Hip-Hop Humanitarian Awards Gala with guests representing a cross section of global leaders, athletes, artists and human rights advocates.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2026
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Organizers say the specimens help advance scientific understanding of bird populations and migration challenges.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Then a pathologist looks for IgA deposits in these specimens.—
Charles Schmidt,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Investigators came under scrutiny for failing to get a search warrant for the golfer’s blood samples, which could have detected any evidence of alcohol or drugs.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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This device is a high-tech centrifuge that simulates microgravity by spinning vials with samples around two axes, effectively confusing the cells inside as to their position in space.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Some modern takes on Mediterranean classics include a feta watermelon balsamic salad and Turkish bread panzanella salad.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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His words evoke the image of an animal slithering on the ground before growing—an allusion that was likely intended as a gardening pun about reptiles, argues classics scholar Rebecca Armstrong.—
Andrés Muedano,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Mar. 2026
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One afternoon in late summer, Wright pulled up his personal Proxi prototype.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Regularly exhibited as a prototype at construction fairs, Tiny House Shadow has made a remarkable entrance on the market.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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