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That focus on efficiency included a coldly logical approach to salary-cap management, and an update of the bruising defense that Belichick had pioneered with 49ers old rivals, the 1980s iteration of the New York Giants.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Trump has taken this tradition to its logical extreme by exempting from legal consequences his supporters and those following his instructions—seeming to assert his supremacy over not just federal but state laws, which exceeds even the wide powers conferred by the Constitution.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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There’s a risk of getting gummed up in the noticing stage, too taken with the complicated pleasures of textual closeness to move on to the necessary next analytical steps.—
Katie Kadue,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Led by James Tour, PhD, a chemistry and materials science and nanoengineering professor at Rice University, the study aimed to reconstruct Edison’s original light bulb experiments using modern analytical tools.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who has made an impulsive decision in a moment of intense emotion knows that feelings shape our choices just as much as rational thought.—
Jasna Hodžić,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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There was no rational administration.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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All aspects of the creative process are valid, so let joy lead the way.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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As is often the case with large class-action settlements, payouts are ultimately based on how many people file valid claims.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Each issue curates essays, interviews, frameworks, and visual explainers that add up to a coherent exploration of a topic that matters.—
Daphne Koller,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is where disparate clips, resolutions, and sound sources are unified into a coherent narrative.—
Paul Ratner,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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This sort of a priori justification for ESAs explains a few things.—
Chandler Fritz,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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These new loops manufacture demand, legitimacy, and cultural weight—not because of what the content says, but because of how it was engineered a priori.—
Emil Steiner,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The answer, supported by 20 years of empirical data, is hiding in plain sight.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Fryer is a professor of economics at Harvard University, whose research combines economic theory, empirical evidence and randomized experiments to help design more effective government policies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Columbia Heights was as prepared for an immigration crackdown as could be reasonably expected of any community or school system—but there has been nothing reasonable about the ICE terror campaign.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Finding that type of player, for a reasonable price, is the difficult part.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Syllogistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllogistic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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