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Recent Examples of low-level
San Diego County jails have logged more than 3,300 bookings on low-level drug and theft charges since a new state law, Proposition 36, took effect and turned what had been misdemeanor crimes into felonies.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Chronic inflammation is a low-level, persistent activation of the immune system that can damage the body over time and is linked to ailments such as cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and autoimmune conditions.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Also, one of my low-level takes is that more goalies should throw their sticks to prevent easy empty-net goals.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Teddy also works for Auxolith as a low-level warehouse employee and has a dark history with the company, which, years prior, put his mother Sandy (Alicia Silverstone) on an experimental drug treatment for opioid withdrawal that left her in a persistent vegetative state.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Chronic inflammation is a low-level, persistent activation of the immune system that can damage the body over time and is linked to ailments such as cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and autoimmune conditions.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Also, one of my low-level takes is that more goalies should throw their sticks to prevent easy empty-net goals.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Teddy also works for Auxolith as a low-level warehouse employee and has a dark history with the company, which, years prior, put his mother Sandy (Alicia Silverstone) on an experimental drug treatment for opioid withdrawal that left her in a persistent vegetative state.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-level
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
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At a time when the Mavericks need as much good will, or PR, as possible, filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Stars is petty, small and mean.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her motives apparently range from a desire to save the country to unabashed, petty vindictiveness; the two often overlap.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Even lesser-scale incidents like the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and the Volkswagen emissions scandal erode trust in the institutions that help make our society possible and push it forward.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.—
Staff Writer
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2023
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Yasuda ordered his subordinate, Lieutenant Colonel Tatsusaburo Suzuki, to prepare a report on the feasibility of a uranium project in Japan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, allowing men but not women to have multiple spouses is clearly unequal and entwined with patriarchal ideology that positions women as subordinate or inferior to men.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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The 6-foot-10 junior scored inside, then stripped the ball from Leopold Levillain at midcourt and dribbled the remaining 45 feet to the basket, scored and was fouled.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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His departure gives redshirt junior Seth Knothe and freshman Greg Ard a chance to move up the running back depth chart.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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Firms listed in mainland China, including home appliance manufacturer Midea and battery-maker CATL, have launched secondary listings in Hong Kong in order to draw international investment.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Obviously, Coop — incredible player and somebody who can play really anywhere in the secondary.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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The only way that such a minor joke would set a fiancée off is if her engagement was already in a delicate place, and that is none of the housewives’ jobs to fix.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The concept alone made headlines across the political aisle when the show was first announced, but the its digital marketing across Instagram and TikTok has turned it into a minor sensation.—
David Zucker,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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The omnipresent threat of drones could complicate any Ukrainian retreat effort, which would likely see Kyiv's troops attempt to break out to the west of the city using its under-fire supply routes.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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In addition to hydrating the under-eye area—which is, by the way, great for pre-party makeup prep—eye masks can target concerns ranging from puffiness to fine lines and hyperpigmentation.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-level. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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