as in to fixate (on or upon)
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These decisions, often carefully reasoned by parents, can feel arbitrary or unfair if revealed only through documents.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Every new advance from Anthropic’s breakthroughs in reasoning algorithms to cloud-scale automation makes the entire software ecosystem stronger.—
Milan Shetti,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Howard Hughes, the germ-averse aviation tycoon, is believed to have had it, too.—
Harrison Smith,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Israel is believed to be the only Middle East nation with nuclear weapons, though its leaders refuse to confirm or deny their existence.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The statement concluded by asking for privacy for the family.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Paleontologists confirmed that the specimen was a juvenile by analyzing microscopic growth markers in a cross-section of its femur.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Speculate (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculate%20%28about%29. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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