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As part of his homework, Hanke provided a systemic analysis that narrowed a list of 239 potential candidates to the 50 most promising choices.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025 -
He is considered a leading candidate.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 23-year-old is following in the footsteps of his Oscar-nominee mom Thurman and dad Ethan Hawke onto the screen.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Previously it was announced that 8x Primetime Emmy nominee Lena Dunham was directing and writing back in June 2021.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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McSweeney’s elevation appeared bizarre, but Bailey and his selection team have openly stated their belief that the Test team should contain the best six batters regardless of position.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Each recommendation appears directly within the chat, and tapping a selection instantly opens the Spotify app for seamless listening.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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But there is at least one cost to not having Republican representation, says Bradley Smith, who served as a Republican appointee on the commission from 2000 to 2005 and is now chair of the Institute for Free Speech.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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The remaining seven seats are composed of state officials and governor and Legislature appointees.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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