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Enslaved Black people were banned from reading and writing and even those who had their freedom couldn't always access formal schooling, so African Americans began founding colleges of their own.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 June 2025 -
Walmart, headquartered in Bentonville, founded the festival with inclusion in mind.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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When supernova in one of these galaxies is detected, researchers can refer to the baseline images.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Astronomers have detected an erupting supermassive black hole producing some of the largest jets ever seen bursting from a galaxy with the same shape as our own.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Poked (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poked%20%28around%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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