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the company insists on having up-to-the-minute firewall and antivirus software
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Recent Examples of up-to-the-minute
Below is your up-to-the-minute version of Who Won and Lost the Week: The Great Netflix Pull-Out Edition – plus some Tyra Banks, Shia LaBeouf and those bloody awful BAFTAs.
WON: Paramount Skydance.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
Although the state doesn’t have an up-to-the-minute database of ice conditions, anglers use various Facebook groups to keep each other updated.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
To check visibility in real time, use NOAA’s 30-minute aurora forecast, or download apps such as Aurora Now, My Aurora Forecast or Glendale Aurora for up-to-the-minute alerts and live solar wind data.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
This might include up-to-the-minute product prices, movie theater schedules, or summaries of the latest news.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 4 Feb. 2026
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
Although the state doesn’t have an up-to-the-minute database of ice conditions, anglers use various Facebook groups to keep each other updated.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
To check visibility in real time, use NOAA’s 30-minute aurora forecast, or download apps such as Aurora Now, My Aurora Forecast or Glendale Aurora for up-to-the-minute alerts and live solar wind data.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
This might include up-to-the-minute product prices, movie theater schedules, or summaries of the latest news.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for up-to-the-minute
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Opened in 2025, the modern Persian cafe serves barbari bread and lavash wrap sandwiches, tahini-date shakes and chai lattes, plus a full slate of events aimed at uplifting the local Persian community.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Renovations will include replacing the substation’s infrastructure with more modern equipment, which Miller said would be quieter.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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The universe is giving us space to integrate new desires without losing compassion for others.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Steve Carell taught it, and Adam McKay developed an entire new way of doing it with his group, so to get in there and have that happen was just absolutely magical.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lucy Dickins, who has been co-head of WME’s contemporary music and touring division since 2022 and Adele’s longtime agent, is stepping down from her role, according to an internal memo from co‑chairman Christian Muirhead obtained by Variety.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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The relaunch effort also leaned on the cultural touchpoints that fueled the brand’s early popularity—including music, motorsport and street culture—while boosting the brand’s contemporary social media visibility.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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The facility had been recently hardened with a concrete shell and then covered with soil in the months before the current conflict.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The discovery that the sun and many of these solar twins are of similar ages and located about the same distance from the center of the galaxy suggests that the sun is not at its current position by accident.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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