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as in production
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as in initiation
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The theory is that each of these tax rates distinctly discourages the production and the seizing of initiative in the economy; therefore, cutting them enhances economic activity to an uncommon degree.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025 -
Advanta’s production quadrupled when implementing the robots.—
Stuart Dyos,
The Tennessean,
7 Aug. 2025
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Those things can include pledging and initiation fees, badge or pin fees and other one-time costs.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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In April, Donald, Jr., circulated plans for a rival club, Executive Branch, which would initially cap its membership at two hundred people, and charge an initiation fee of up to half a million dollars.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Is this film different from your past work in any way other than the inspiration and genesis of the story?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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The podcast dives into Phoenix’s genesis, growing up in Florida in a free-spirited family that once belonged to the controversial Children of God cult.—
William Earl,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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What began as one family’s search for a life in rhythm with the land has bloomed into a thriving village where 70% of the acreage has been protected under a land trust from the beginning.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Since the beginning, her writing has been intimate and personal, emblematic of a storyteller who can pinpoint a fleeting emotion and describe scenes fit for a rom-com.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Aug. 2025
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But even more chilling was the prospect of ceding control of Earth to machines of our own creation.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tools that cause discrimination are often rectified after the fact, and usually not at the time of creation.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That allegation triggered a massive police response to USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth − where Plymouth High School was holding its commencement ceremony − out of fear of a credible shooting threat.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Viola Davis and Walter Murch were awarded honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees by the American Film Institute at the conservatory’s commencement ceremony.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
8 Aug. 2025
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But there's one part of Silverstone's origin that the actress isn't sentimental about.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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According to Variety, the project covering O’Connor’s origin story is being helmed by Irish production company ie: entertainment, which executive produced and worked with the singer on the 2022 O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares; O’Connor died in July 2023 at age 56 of natural causes.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Elmbrook School District is considering changing its school start and end times, an idea that could affect the schedules of nearly 8,000 students.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Federline got his start as a back-up dancer in the mid-Nineties.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Origination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/origination. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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