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as in better
to a greater or higher extent the boxers for this bout are more evenly matched than the last two were

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adjective

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noun

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Adverb
No more second-guessing a recipe that suggests one thing but delivers another. Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Then keep scrolling to shop more solar lighting deals at Amazon. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Some plans also may start using separate deductibles for their pharmaceutical and medical benefits or having patients pay more for their prescriptions, Daboul said. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve could’ve wanted to use the regular season finale as a chance to get others more minutes and allow her stars some rest just days before the postseason begins. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
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The men weren’t vetted as their potential wives were, and many cultural mores survived the transatlantic voyage. Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025 Still, the country’s changing mores have been challenging to navigate. Kevin Lozano, New Yorker, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for more
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Adverb
  • Back then, the TV Guide Fall Preview issue was sacred.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The animatronic Death Eater crouching on a bookshelf casts a spell, then Dolores Umbridge appears on a screen, then a rhinoceros-like Erumpent tries to gore the riders with its horn.
    Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The Institute founded in his name partners with the National Football League, Gatorade, the National Athletic Trainers' Association and others to better understand and manage heat risks to athletes.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In addition, Most of the activities that hybrid employees carry out–such as focused individual tasks, asynchronous communication, and video meetings–are better done at home.
    Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • After further evaluation and an MRI, it was revealed Burrow had a Grade 3 turf toe injury, meaning surgery was unavoidable and he'd be sidelined until December.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And without further changes to the H-2A program, experts told ProPublica, foreign farmworkers may continue to be harmed.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The brutal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus shocked the nation and is forcing it to confront what appears to be an increase in political violence across the country.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Labor Department data released on Thursday showed one of the biggest weekly increases in jobless claims in more than a year.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Pritzker, one of the richest men in the country, poured $350 million into his gubernatorial campaigns and bankrolled other Democrats besides.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • So if an extra (and questionable) ingredient weasels its way into the formula, and the supplement hits the market, there's not much the FDA can do besides send companies a warning letter to recall the supplement.
    Julia Forbes, Wired News, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In her playoff debut back in Climate Pledge Arena since her exit from the Storm in the offseason, Jewell Loyd had an additional 13 points off the bench.
    Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That led to additional arrests, all while ICE was opening additional immigrant detention sites in Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Overnight, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surpassed the 45,000 mark for the first time, leading gains in Asia-Pacific markets.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The market has been on a particular tear in September in the leadup to the Fed meeting, as more moribund jobs data poured in – the S&P 500 has posted gains in six of nine sessions this month.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The results aren’t just surface-level, either.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There wasn’t a prospect-industrial complex around to hype them up, either.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

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