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Adjective
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Trump could instead lead with Vice President JD Vance’s promise: Boost the Child Tax Credit to $5,000 per child for young families, a progressive idea submitted by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) last week in a timid insurgency by Republican moderates who prefer to lift middling Americans.—
Bruce Fuller,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2025 -
Thus far this season, Sheppard, averaging 11.6 minutes per game, has struggled to get acclimated, often appearing timid and indecisive with the basketball.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The film investigates the silent epidemic of CRSV in Ukraine, a subject long shrouded in stigma.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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Mello was succeeded by Pete Garcia, who ran FIU athletics from 2006 to 2021, and, during that time, the Hall of Fame remained silent.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In a new clinical report in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors in Los Angeles report just such a case, and a particularly unusual one at that.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
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But despite its clinical origins, the brand has since become known to embody all things luxury—admittedly a hard line for a brand to perfect.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, Quan starred as Waymond Wang, a seemingly diffident husband who transforms into a martial arts expert when crossing multiverses to save his family in the Daniels’ wild and emotional film Everything Everywhere All at Once.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In all, just shy of 7,000 claims have been filed in the six weeks of the new year, or about 55% more than in the prior six-week period.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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But biodegradable straws made by Good Start Packaging cost just shy of three cents, Jacobus said.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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These statements do not constitute and cannot replace professional investment or financial advice.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Take time to fully understand what others expect from you given your professional title or role within the organization.—
Dr. Eric George,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps there was no other way to authentically present artists who were so disinterested in genuflecting to corporate machinery.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Their smiles appeared forced, with Harris folding her arms defensively and Biden displaying a disinterested demeanor.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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After years working abroad in Spain, a taciturn young man returns to his village in rural Bulgaria to clean out his late father’s flat.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The arrival of Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico), a taciturn Sicilian soldier who hides out in town after deserting the army, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2024
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“Clubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbish. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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