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Recent Examples of word for word
As of Sunday morning, the bill was still being read aloud word for word by clerks on the Senate floor.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
That morning, veteran guard Veronica Burton recited it word for word.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 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
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
That morning, veteran guard Veronica Burton recited it word for word.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 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
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In the east, crews continued to build line between Wiseman Springs and Rancheria Creek, engaging the fire directly along its active edge where favorable.—
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6 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times in 2015 reported that hundreds of Colombian mercenaries had been sent to Yemen to fight against the Houthi rebels, hired directly — and in secret — by the UAE.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The authors note that not all artificial sweeteners were included in the study and diet information reported by the participants may not have been remembered 100 percent accurately.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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There’s a recent study from researchers at Salesforce that concluded most of today’s large language models (LLMs) cannot accurately perform customer relation management (CRM) tasks—a particularly ironic conclusion since Salesforce itself has been pushing AI agents to automate CRM processes.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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