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as in highlighted
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as in publicized
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Verb
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The Lake County Coroner’s Office has identified the Gary man shot and killed by Gary Police Wednesday morning after a hostage situation involving a 1-year-old child.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025 -
The victims were sisters and identified by a family member only as 9-year-old Sammy and 13-year-old Valery, ABC 6 News reported.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Researchers specifically focused on the Gulf of California, a biodiversity hotspot.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Modern breeders have focused not just on leaf color, but on traits including leaf size and shape.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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His suit featured four-bar motifs, which harkened back to the label’s men’s resort 2024 collection.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Also among the photos was a shot of Chicago’s incredible personalized cake, which featured a pink and white cowboy boot, a western belt and ‘Chi’ written out in pink rope.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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According to published biographies, Townsel worked as an educator in the District of Columbia from 2008 until 2016, when he was appointed principal in the town of Southbridge, Mass.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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More than 1,500 images from around the world were submitted to the new competition, which offered a total of $10,000 in prize money and boasted six award categories, with the top 101 overall photographs receiving recognition in a published eBook.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
Verb
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The researchers emphasized that this system must be incredibly efficient, as squid can use the energy to alter their entire body’s appearance underwater where only low levels of light can penetrate.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2025
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What to Know Oz also emphasized the role of technology, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine in making health care more efficient and accessible.—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.—
Jim Stevenson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Drought Severe to exceptional drought conditions were prevalent for much of south-central Texas when the downpours came, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
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The following themes will be prevalent around its peak: our domestic lives, heritage, ancestors, past and home.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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“Spotlighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotlighted. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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