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as in owing
having reached the date at which payment is required
the loan is due next April
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as in expected
being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events
their train is due to arrive in half an hour
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as in justified
being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong
all the participants in the trial are required to treat the judge with due respect
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as in just
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
the island lies due south of the headland
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as in straight
in a direct line or course
a plane flying due east
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as in privilege
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Recent Examples of due
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Fox announced her pregnancy earlier in November and is reportedly due in March.
—Chelsea Hirsch, SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Adult membership dues will increase to $30 next year from $25 currently.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Speakers at Wednesday’s news conference said the increase in hate crimes was probably due in part to a county campaign to encourage people to report such incidents.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Fox announced her pregnancy earlier in November and is reportedly due in March.
—Chelsea Hirsch, SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
That adds up to $17.5 million in revenue — in addition to annual membership dues of $5,000 per member, per the plan.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Adult membership dues will increase to $30 next year from $25 currently.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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However, authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction.Jason Gutierrez, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
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However, the authorities then accused Rappler of owing taxes on that transaction.Mike Ives, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
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But, like it or not, a narrative has taken shape, with many across the internet hailing Mangione — yet to be extradited to New York on the murder change, let alone tried and convicted for it — as a justified vigilante.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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For others, Mangione is an expression of the depth of righteous anger present in American life right now, a symbol of justified violence.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Not the right thing in the right way—that’s just box-ticking—and not the wrong-way right, what even is that?Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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In other words, the best answer is the one that comes straight from our heart and reflects our honest, intuitive, and instinctive views on their questions.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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My mother looked like a white woman, hair as straight as any white woman’s.Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Fourth, ensure maximum flexibility and control over your users and their privileges.Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The massive musical stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a magical young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.Staff Author, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Tate has slammed a decision that could see him be forced to cough up £2 million ($2.5 million) in unpaid taxes in his native Britain.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Amid student accusations of forced and unpaid labor at Olivet University, which is headquartered in the high-desert town of Anza, Calif., school leaders tried to protect the university’s fate against state regulators’ attempts to revoke its license.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Fashion has taken a lot of heat — and much of it well deserved — for being focused too much on surface and not enough on substance.Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Two first half goals from Claudio Aquino and Damián Fernández sealed a deserved league title for Vélez, on a tense final day where three different clubs might have lifted the trophy.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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By 1974, Motown had moved to Los Angeles and was once again exploring other opportunities, right as country was having a moment thanks to crossover hits by Charlie Rich and country-by-association stars John Denver and Olivia Newton-John.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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He was given prime seating at the service right between them -- a better location than Jill Biden, who sat on Brigitte Macron's other side -- and many current heads of government and state.SYLVIE CORBET, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Due.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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