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The result is a headline inflation rate that understates the pain for the median household.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025 -
In practice, that means the median sales price of new homes understates the actual discount, because many concessions don’t show up in the data.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Continue reading … MIXED MESSAGES – Spanberger downplays Jay Jones' text scandal as Virginia election nears.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Combs did not deny kicking or throwing Cassie to the ground, and even downplays these acts of violence, Slavik said in her arguments this morning.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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Eighteen states have passed bills opting to adopt daylight saving time as the permanent standard time, but the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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What Green Crew enacts outdoors, the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA) advances in therapy rooms and community dialogues.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Underplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underplays. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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