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Adverb
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Print less, and choosing the printer with cheaper ink (or toner) will have cost you money instead.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025 -
The next day, coach Mike Macdonald conceded that Seattle instead could have — and perhaps should have — used its version of the tush push with tight end AJ Barner, who has twice converted in short-yardage situations this season.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Related recalls were first issued on August 19 and have since been expanded on eight occasions, with Lawrence Wholesale's recall the latest in the list.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats are pressing to extend were first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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