as in insufficiently
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That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Social media companies, from Meta to X, have largely abandoned any attempt at moderating content on their platforms, having previously (albeit inadequately) attempted some form of fact-checking and take-downs of incendiary material and flagrant disinformation.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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For most of the nearly 20% of kindergartners who haven’t had their full schedule of shots, their families have never requested an exemption; the children are simply inadequately immunized.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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Community members like Amy Marin-Franco, a former Robb teacher who was wrongly accused of leaving a door to the school open, have for years been pushing for the hallway video’s public release.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The cost to a believer of wrongly placing faith is trivial, but the cost of disbelieving if God exists could be infinite.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Authorities in Oregon announced a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from prison earlier this week is back in custody after igniting a multi-day manhunt.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ty Anthony Sage, 26, was mistakenly released on bail on Monday, officials said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The earliest accusation came in 1993 when the stepdaughter claimed to relatives that Errol touched her inappropriately at the family’s home.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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In April 2024, Timothy Daugherty was pulled from his substitute teaching job at Spring Mills Elementary School in Highland Township after he was accused and later charged with inappropriately touching six victims, who were 9 to 11 years old.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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In all, 24 district and city attorneys filed the civil enforcement action alleging Sephora improperly handled the items defined as hazardous waste.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Applegreen won the contract after Waltham’s Global Partners alleged a key MassDOT official was improperly discussing the deal with officials connected to the Irish business.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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Denham’s name was spelled incorrectly in an earlier version of this story.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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My question incorrectly presupposed that Kiffin had gotten over it.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
2 Oct. 2025
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