The tutor recognized the expression, asked him to clarify his parentheses, and guided him through a second application of the difference-of-squares pattern.
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Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2026
The number in parentheses after each player’s name indicates the round in which he was taken — CBA equals Competitive Balance Round A, which comes after the first round, and CBB equals Competitive Balance Round B, which comes after the second round.
Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The tapping may provide information about structural discontinuities, density changes or the presence of tunnels themselves, even when those tunnels are no longer empty.
Dressing your windows not only gives them a more finished look, window coverings bring a slew of benefits.
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Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
14 July 2026
Parisians have taken to sticking aluminum foil to their windows to reflect sunlight, rolling down their window shutters and living in utter darkness, and forgoing any meals that require turning on the stove or oven.
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