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No wonder the musical wasn’t an easy sell, even as the score became known to the cognoscenti as a tone-skirting masterpiece.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024
While tiger shark stomachs are tough, their ability to effectively consume such bizarre prey - equipped with such big defensive spines - is not well known.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
There have been several efforts to bring back the death penalty in Wisconsin, including when the details of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s crimes became known to the public.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
There is little known about how iron fertilization will interact with other climate factors that affect marine life, like warming oceans.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024
While tiger shark stomachs are tough, their ability to effectively consume such bizarre prey - equipped with such big defensive spines - is not well known.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
There have been several efforts to bring back the death penalty in Wisconsin, including when the details of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s crimes became known to the public.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
There is little known about how iron fertilization will interact with other climate factors that affect marine life, like warming oceans.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/known. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
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known
adjective
: generally recognized
a known expert on art
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