obiter dictum

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Noun
  • McCarty’s bill faced opposition from the county of Sacramento and the cities of Citrus Heights and Elk Grove, according to a Senate analysis from July 2024.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
  • In recent weeks, the Trump administration has arrested an increasing number of migrants with no criminal convictions, according to an ABC News analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • As an aside, what few parties have tried is building a hyper-local newsroom on a shoestring budget, tying it to a mobile phone app, and charging subscribers very low prices for getting all the tea about what’s happening in their neighborhoods.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Wolodarsky’s voice has such a wallflower quality to it, apt for Kylie, whose asides are barely acknowledged half the time.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Federal Reserve Pressure Another key factor in the dollar's decline is Trump's unorthodox approach to monetary policy, openly questioning the Federal Reserve's decision-making through commentary and pressure that brings its independence into question.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • This commentary is written on behalf of Maryland’s 24 state’s attorneys.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
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