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as in dividing
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as in equalizing
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The encounter, captured on video, quickly gained international attention, dividing those who believed the zoo was in the right to kill Harambe for the child's safety, and others who found the act inhumane.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 May 2026 -
By 1997, Ultimate Fighting began to join more conventional combat sports in dividing fighters into weight classes, for safety’s sake.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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And San Antonio made that proclamation real for us in Game 4, cruising to a victory and equalizing the series 2-2.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Ronaldo, who joined the club in December 2022, came close to equalizing just before halftime but his close-range header from a Joao Felix cross sailed wide.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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But the Supreme Court put off ruling on a challenge to Trump's 2020 effort to to exclude undocumented immigrants from the numbers used for apportioning congressional seats.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Each category is designed around different performance characteristics, balancing factors such as charging speed, energy density, lifespan, and thermal stability.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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These measures demonstrate a commitment to balancing development with respect for heritage.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The four-time NBA champion had partnered with Under Armour for 13 years before splitting in November last year.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Another common mistake is splitting up speaking time based on role.—
Chiara Alzati,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Strong suggests legitimizing and standardizing station tattoos, making a design readily available if deputies want to pay homage to their workplace, as other departments across the nation do.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Whether a user is upgrading from an older Thunderbolt 4 machine today or standardizing on Thunderbolt 5 laptops on the next refresh cycle, the TBT-UDH2 is designed to perform without rethinking a corporation’s entire desk setup.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Erlanger audited Stevenson's dispensing record over those four months.—
Brett Kelman,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Specialty pharmacies focus on dispensing and managing high-cost, high-complexity medications for patients with serious, chronic or rare health conditions.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The second Starship test flight occurred about seven months later, in November 2023, aligning with Blue Origin's hopeful timeline for LC-36, but damage from the power of a rocket's engines, and damage from that entire rocket exploding on the launchpad are different levels of destruction.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the USA Network and Syfy owner, but the agreement includes adapting stories based on Versant channel brands as vertical series and aligning the Comcast spinoff with bite-sized dramatic content increasingly favored by advertisers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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“Proportioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportioning. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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