as in directly
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you don't have to record the professor's comments word for word in your notes
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In the 15 years since, DeBlois has helmed its sequel, its three-quel and now this live-action version, which goes back to the beginning and repeats the same plot essentially word for word.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Good salespeople don't need to follow a script word for word.
—Austin Irabor, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Some weeks later, Fonda would repeat these assertions, word for word, at a press conference at the Lima airport, as the commission arrived in Peru to begin its investigation.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Good salespeople don't need to follow a script word for word.
—Austin Irabor, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But at the foot of the stage, the artists, including Ms. Sherald and Jordan Casteel, sang along with the group’s three-song medley, word for word.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Some weeks later, Fonda would repeat these assertions, word for word, at a press conference at the Lima airport, as the commission arrived in Peru to begin its investigation.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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Putin appeared to warn European leaders and Zelensky to stay out of the way of what was a work-in-progress, even though the fate of Ukraine impacts them directly.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Stroebel lamented seeing visitors study physical signs along the street that were a few years old and did not accurately reflect the nearby establishments.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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When an employee badges into an office but doesn’t actually work there that day, or in some cases, doesn’t enter at all and has someone else swipe in for them, an organization loses its ability to accurately validate an employee’s location.—
Rob Lydic,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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