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Noun
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Wagner said the shortages of equipment and staff will have a lasting impact on rebuilding in his community.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Sale speculation has surrounded Puma since last September, and there’s been no shortage on who could be buyers for the German sportswear brand.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At least in the interim, Duke deserves credit for finding ways to win despite some of its defensive deficiencies.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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To combat this, our program overcorrected for the deficiencies of remote work, investing in in-person experiences and human connection.—
Justin Harlan,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Idaho could face a budget deficit of more than $500 million in fiscal year 2027, according to previous Idaho Statesman reporting.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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That comeback victory over Tennessee, a game in which KU rallied from a 12-point deficit, came in the third-place game of the Players Era tourney in Las Vegas.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Venezuelan people have endured years of instability, scarcity, and fear.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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That scarcity, coupled with political repression, has forced up to a third of the population to flee the country.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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The funding went toward three federal programs, two of which focus on lifting families with children out of poverty.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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As a group, Native Americans face high rates of poverty, chronic disease, and mental illness — all are risk factors for addiction.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2026
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Because the defense is, frankly, not playoff caliber — especially in the injury absence of All-Pro defenders Fred Warner and Nick Bosa.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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With a roster that skews young and continues to churn due to injuries and absences, his presence has mattered beyond any single stat line.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Patients’ failure to take their medicine as prescribed is a major challenge that contributes to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs annually.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … SKIDDING TO SAFETY – All plane tires burst on Boeing 767 during harrowing landing failure.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Both teams faced the same challenge in their quest to understand how cats came to sit on mats—namely, a paucity of archaeologic evidence through time.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Nov. 2025
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What connects those three results is the notion that at the season's halfway mark, there appears to be a paucity of pigskin dominance across a league where teams toggle between looking superb and sliding, varying on the week.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Scantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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