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Device lifecycle management and repair services will become increasingly important, reducing the amount of technology that ends up in landfills.—
Max Silber,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Companies and Customers are Leading As global markets prioritize clean technologies, major corporations are staying the course on their goals for reducing carbon pollution and propelling innovation.—
Mindy Lubber,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Studies show that sleep deprivation leads to brain stress, cloudy thinking and decision fatigue, plus fragmented sleep signals a vulnerability to social stress.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Reasons for chronically low energy can be related to lifestyle factors, such as poor diet, stress, or sleep deprivation.—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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While software companies generally don’t have a lot of direct tariff exposure, the concern for the group is that belt-tightening from their customers could dampen spending on software and lead to deals taking longer to complete.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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Owing in part to the company’s belt-tightening efforts, Thurston sold Outside’s Santa Fe offices.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Straitening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitening. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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