as in originally
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This makes Carne Asada's fourth return to the menu since it was originally introduced at Chipotle in 2019.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Ana Garcia Aburto, originally from a town near Veracruz, Mexico, has a clothing store here.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Enciso has been left out of the squad for these fixtures because of his recent knee operation, and it was initially feared his lay-off afterwards would be long enough to scupper a move in the summer window.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ziva hid Tali from Tony initially and then faked her own death.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Several private groups have launched their own satellites to measure atmospheric chemicals, but these have primarily focused on detecting localized methane emissions for regulatory purposes, and not on global trends.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Primitively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primitively. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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