as in to turn over
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About 30% of the staff at Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services that oversees benefits enrollment and employment verification had turned over between 2017 and 2022, according to state data.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The children, meanwhile, have been turned over to a relative via Child Protective Services.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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That’s just cataloging the most obvious go-tos for these ladies who devour.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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The threat is severe and constant; on Jan. 27, a dry lightning strike sparked a bushfire in Victoria that, fueled by strong winds, devoured 170,000 acres in just six hours.—
Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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Doing so literally means signing his life away, as Mickey 1 (the OG version of his character) agrees to have his body scanned and his memories archived, so he can be replicated — and recycled — ad infinitum, every time an unlucky copy hits a snag.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Because companies seldom package products for a single state, parents and caregivers across the country will be able to scan these QR codes or go online to the companies’ websites and see the results.—
C. Michael White,
The Conversation,
14 Feb. 2025
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What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Productivity and Content Creation Tests Our primary overall benchmark, UL's PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Gobble (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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