to

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as in before
earlier than right now it's 25 minutes to 10:00

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Recent Examples of to The Department of Homeland Security previously declined to comment to USA TODAY. Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026 Some analysis will have to wait until the new images can be processed, but the researchers are already able to decode text from many of the raw data. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2026 In the latest season, still coping with the emotional fallout of his wife’s passing, Jimmy is now about to become an empty nester as his daughter readies her path to college. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 Those concerns will surely carry over to Warsh's confirmation process, which already is shaping up to be potentially difficult. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to
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  • Ireland, the Steelers and the Rooney connection The Rooney family, the Steelers’ majority owners, trace their roots to Ireland, where their ancestors emigrated from in the 1840s before eventually settling in Pittsburgh.
    Tom Chitty, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Similarly, footage showing federal agents killing Alex Pretti revealed the ICU nurse was holding a phone in his right hand, and an officer removing a gun from his back waistband before the shooting.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026

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“To.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/to. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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