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to put (someone or something) on a list
indexed all the books in the library by category
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Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The 2024 sea lamprey abundance indexes in the other Great Lakes also exceeded the targets.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
This includes considering how AI indexes different content types, from image text to bullet points, and understanding that assistants may pull information from sources beyond retailer platforms.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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What To Know The three major stock indexes, which measure stock performance, were either down or slightly up when Wall Street opened Wednesday,
The S&P 500 was drifting down by 0.1 percent in early trading and the Industrial Average dipped 115 points (or 0.3 percent) at 9:35 a.m.
—Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The 2024 sea lamprey abundance indexes in the other Great Lakes also exceeded the targets.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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When a search engine like Google indexes a URL this means it is saved into its database and can come up on search results.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
This includes considering how AI indexes different content types, from image text to bullet points, and understanding that assistants may pull information from sources beyond retailer platforms.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Because of who played in the games, where their teams are situated (not in New York or Los Angeles), and the ongoing discourse about the NBA’s declining TV ratings as an indicator that fans are losing interest in the sport.Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge showed a rate of 2.4% in November but was at 2.8% when excluding food and energy, a core measure that officials see as a better long-run indicator.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton and More Celebs Weigh In Their pricey Hawaiian pizza is listed on the food delivery app Deliveroo, with customers able to get 20% off on Thursdays as stated on the restaurant’s Instagram — offering some sort of silver lining for fans of the topping.Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Also, most of the time, the manufacturer will list how much water can fit into each water tank in the product description.Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
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According to Peter’s report, FWC investigators also found a Costa sunglasses case with drug paraphernalia in it, including needles, a syringe, a spook, cotton balls and a synthetic opioid pill prescribed to people trying to kick opiate addiction.David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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This cannot even be produced by a standard #12 modern tattoo needle, which is 0.35 millimeters thick.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Top 10 Center Fielders In 2024, only eight pitchers recorded 30 saves — the fewest in a 162-game season since 1988.Newsweek, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Logistical issues like finding studio space delayed the first episode until Dec. 15, and so far, he’s recorded 10 episodes, with another 30 to go, according to the filing.John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
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News to Know Brady’s potential growing influence The Raiders enter today’s matchup seeking a third straight win, but coach Antonio Pierce’s future remains uncertain, as our Dianna Russini reported yesterday.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Those threats are cataloged, analyzed and dissected by Meta’s multitude of security teams.Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
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Whale surveys like this are critical to identifying and cataloging every right whale calf that's born, important work because these are some of the most endangered whales in the world.Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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More than 71 million returns have been filed since the program began in 2003.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hackman Capital acquired the CBS Television City property in 2019, filing its application to redevelop the site two years later.David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Index.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/index. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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