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Noun
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The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, injury prevention and global health, the New York Times reported.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025 -
If his anti-violence prevention work from another city is shown to be effective and helps save lives, then that’s what matters.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His run late in the first half teed up Morris before Weah’s deflection pushed it wide of the goal.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The scale of that tragedy may be what makes Harris’s complaints seem so petty, however well founded many of them may be, and her deflection of responsibility so grating.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Obviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obviation. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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