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a person who actively supports or favors a cause
rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs
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Because of the amount of energy Europa Clipper needs to escape Earth's gravity and make it to its interplanetary trajectory, SpaceX does not plan to recover the boosters.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
The Super Heavy booster descends to be captured by mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Because most people on the planet have now been exposed to SARS-CoV-2—in the same way they’re regularly exposed to the flu—some nasal vaccines are being designed as boosters for a preexisting immune response that is starting to wane.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Colleen Anderson, curator of the post-1945 rockets and missiles collection at the Air and Space Museum, tells Smithsonian magazine that launch vehicles such as rocket boosters have historically been single-use, including those in NASA’s Apollo, Mercury and Gemini programs.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
The Super Heavy booster descends to be captured by mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Because most people on the planet have now been exposed to SARS-CoV-2—in the same way they’re regularly exposed to the flu—some nasal vaccines are being designed as boosters for a preexisting immune response that is starting to wane.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Colleen Anderson, curator of the post-1945 rockets and missiles collection at the Air and Space Museum, tells Smithsonian magazine that launch vehicles such as rocket boosters have historically been single-use, including those in NASA’s Apollo, Mercury and Gemini programs.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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What’s at stake: While proponents of the change say this would allow Kentucky students to have wider access to a variety of schools that may better suit their educational needs, critics allege that the amendment would leave a devastating financial impact on the state's public school system.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Escalera is a proponent of companies encouraging boundary setting by limiting after-hours communication and respecting employees' time off.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Musk has placed himself front and center among Trump’s monied supporters.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Even if Joe Biden provoked little affection, his campaign felt to his supporters like the culmination of a liberation movement.Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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The ballot measure to legalize psychedelics in Massachusetts is supported by advocates of psychedelic therapy, including U.S. Navy veteran Emily Oneschuk.A.J. Herrington, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sourcing used costumes from older siblings, friends, neighbors and thrift stores is one of the most sustainable ways to dress up for Halloween, Lexy Silverstein, a sustainable fashion advocate, told ABC News.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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What is important is that the success that the new exponents have had has splashed and helped us, and that is very good for all of us.Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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The genus is a property related to the highest exponent in the polynomial equation describing the curve.Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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Peter Shapiro, the concert promoter who organized the Grateful Dead‘s 50th anniversary Fare Thee Well shows, spoke to Rolling Stone following the death of the band’s bassist, Phil Lesh.Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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The young promoter, who performed as Puff Daddy, booked the school gym, downstairs in the science building.Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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