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noun

plural of wont

as in habits

a usual manner of behaving or doing he got up early, as is his wont

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wont

as in habituates

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Noun

Saving journalism — not newspapers The challenge only grew during his years leading The Charlotte Observer, where Thames helped steer the newsroom through an era of shrinking staffs, a changing business model and rapidly changing reader habits.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
The research angle is what separates lasting habits from short-term aesthetics.

— Allison Palmer July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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The disarmament thus takes place as an ecological project, one that situates AI within the broad sweep of human culture and that orients it towards human flourishing, not toward warfare, monopolistic power, or new inequalities.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026
The gene encodes a protein that normally orients and aligns cells in the stomach; without it, the cells become lopsided, rogue, and possibly cancerous.

— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026

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The monicker is an apparent nod to Stonehenge, an ancient British monument which may have acted as a solar calendar and was the likely site of ancient rituals celebrating the solstice.

— Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
For Hammond, keen to avoid stomach bugs, those extra precautions meant supercharging cleaning rituals.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
There are people doing the hard work that schools such as Hi-Mount require.

— Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of schools

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Raymond James initiates BrightSpring as outperform Raymond James says the healthcare company has a differentiated offering.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 10 July 2026
In this layer, each action should be evaluated in context, aligned with the correct user identity and enforced consistently, regardless of which agent initiates it.

— Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of initiates

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Trump views it in zero-sum terms, as a thing the strong seize from the weak—a view that informs his constant desire to steal natural resources from smaller countries.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
This was my strategy throughout the book and informs my citational practices as well.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026

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