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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locus classicus
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Inevitably, this new paradigm carries its own psychological burden.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025 -
There’s such a great paradigm for a character like that.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Due to the location of the kick, there was no near post and no far post in this instance.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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In each of these instances, democracy didn’t die and the Republic prevailed.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2025
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On Medicaid, for example, some centrist House Republicans are griping about the upper chamber’s decision to cap provider taxes at 3.5 percent by 2031 — a decrease from the current 6 percent — for states that expanded the social safety net program under the Affordable Care Act.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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The first of those, for example, is July 9, when dates for the opening six rounds of the campaign will be locked in.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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It’s been 17 years since tainted blood thinner from China injured or killed hundreds of people in the United States, and since then, contaminants and other defects have appeared in a cross section of America’s generic drugs.—
Brandon Roberts,
ProPublica,
17 June 2025
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The hosts included the actress Rowan Blanchard, the left-wing podcasters of Chapo Trap House and the owners of the artsy Lower East Side boutique Café Forgot — a cross section of celebrities, niche media figures and Lower Manhattan trendsetters devised to draw out other cliquish culture makers.—
Joseph Bernstein,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But the specimens’ small size offered little idea of what this shadowy population of ancient hominins looked like, and the group has never been assigned an official scientific name.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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Photos included in the filing showed test specimens piled up in the lab in overflowing garbage bags and boxes.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The researchers analyzed plasma samples from a large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study to assess risk factors for heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, according to a press release.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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However, Purdue’s Whelton said that effort — with homeowners submitting one sample to a commercial lab and then having to interpret data on their own — will not provide reliable risk analysis even for people wanting to return to homes that did not burn.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
14 June 2025
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The set, which was once a cult classic, but now should be regarded simply as a hugely successful release, also breaks into the top 10 on the Billboard 200.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Hadid’s twist on the classic includes a crashing wave design across the footbed, paired with a minimalist beige strap.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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By 2019, his startup team had built a prototype and launched a DTC subscription model, pairing a predictable market with luxury branding.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Seed funding from investors, accelerators, or venture funds helps founders take the first critical steps: building a prototype, hiring that first team member, or testing their idea in the real world.—
Rob Zielonka,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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