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needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget
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There’s a sense of real but not needless nor melodramatic danger, which makes the relationships between the characters feel more real, too.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
Park, a mechanical engineer who has worked for a long list of tech companies, ran four years ago with a promise to rein in the city’s spending on needless lawsuits.
—Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Come winter, the males are driven out and die in the cold, having become needless expenditures of winter’s precious food stores.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
And needless to say, the Brio isn't the only product of its kind.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
Park, a mechanical engineer who has worked for a long list of tech companies, ran four years ago with a promise to rein in the city’s spending on needless lawsuits.
—Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
Come winter, the males are driven out and die in the cold, having become needless expenditures of winter’s precious food stores.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
And needless to say, the Brio isn't the only product of its kind.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Needless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needless. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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