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Adjective
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Even calling it a magazine is a conscious way of trying to distinguish the work producers are putting months and months of effort into recording and writing from what podcasting has become.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025 -
And while an uncertain economy and ever-skyrocketing cost of living are making people more price-conscious and wary, Razavi explained that this also opens up the possibilities for growth as consumers are now more open to other shopping avenues.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Apartheid refers to something deliberate and intentional rather than a natural occurrence.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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And that double entendre wasn’t even intentional.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Jurors rejected a theory that the stabbing was in self-defense, but also declined to convict Medizabal of premeditated murder, records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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It was knocked away in the end zone and kicked by Nebraska receiver Shevin Wiggins, the intended receiver.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The results can be especially bad if there is bright light behind the intended subject, which produces a silhouette effect.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Although the positions are voluntary, state law does not prohibit board members from setting compensation for themselves once appointed.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
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The market for voluntary carbon offset and removal credits has been struggling for the last several years to repair a reputation sullied by numerous greenwashing scandals.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Officials have yet to determine whether the explosion was accidental or deliberate.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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It should be said that the NTSB — the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the cause(s) of the crash — takes a very deliberate approach.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The car boasts aggressive dynamic features, which lend it a sharp and purposeful design.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Whether that is a shortcoming of the script (Ramsay wrote the film, along with Enda Walsh and Alice Birch; it’s based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel) or purposeful by Ramsay in an attempt to keep the lines between reality and depressive fantasy blurred is unclear.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Strengthening transcendence, with its associated behaviors of being purposive, inspired, optimistic, creative, and future-oriented, helps to broaden your perspective and see beyond the immediate challenges.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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For Defoe, meaning is purposive and theological, purposive because theological.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2022
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