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Recent Examples of special-needs
But a medical emergency later left Bains with a new paraeducator who was a special-needs adult himself.
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IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Luca received daily home visits from a speech therapist as a toddler and was enrolled in a special-needs preschool where this continued.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
About two-thirds of respondents say the district is doing a good job of serving special-needs students and those still learning English.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Luca received daily home visits from a speech therapist as a toddler and was enrolled in a special-needs preschool where this continued.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
About two-thirds of respondents say the district is doing a good job of serving special-needs students and those still learning English.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for special-needs
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Two women – his mom Elsie Lucero who cared tirelessly for his late-brother Eddie, who was physically and mentally disabled, and his late sister Margie who died of cancer in 2018 and adored her daughter Sarah who has Angelman Syndrome, an extreme form of Down Syndrome.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Access to Work helps employers hire disabled people 100% of employers said their disabled staff would struggle to do their jobs without it.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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France lurched into a political crisis after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou gambled on a confidence vote, with little hope of any quick solution to fix its ailing public finances, whether a new government or a snap parliamentary election comes next.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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In July, Evers signed into law the 2025-2027 budget, which provided $15 million to start the planning process to close the ailing Green Bay prison and update the Waupun prison.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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According to The Athletic, the move was made to comply with the NFL’s succession planning policy, which requires each team to designate a successor in case the controlling owner dies or becomes incapacitated.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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However, there’s not much involved in that post other than serving on some state boards and being ready if the real governor becomes incapacitated.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
12 Aug. 2025
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Lee would sometimes visit Anderson at the Highland Chateau health and rehabilitation center in Highland Park, where she had been relocated with some objection after her Surrey Avenue property was deemed unfit for human habitation.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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Detroit RUNDetroit, 1948 Division St Suite 105, collects old shoes for Zaman International, who will reporpose gently used pairs or recycle unfit shoes, according to RUNDetroit's Instagram.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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To be a public figure is to be at risk, and both political leaders and entertainers have long been subjected to threats, stalking, and even assassinations by unwell people who have developed an obsession with them from afar.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jović, 17, defeated an unwell Emiliana Arango to lift her first 500-level title in Guadalajara, while 19-year-old Rakotomanga Rajaonah, who was 5-0 down in the deciding set of her first-round match in Brazil, beat Janice Tjen to win the 250-level SP Open.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The same survey found that one resident, who was paraplegic, was left alone all night while calling out for help.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
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But many Americans who don't meet the new criteria do still want to get vaccinated to avoid getting sick or spreading the virus to vulnerable family members.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Harry, who served in the British Armed Forces for 10 years, launched The Invictus Games in London in 2014 to honor active duty and veteran service members who have been wounded, injured or sick on the job.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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