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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Every four years for at least the past seven decades, Nancy Ike dutifully cast her vote for U.S. president, said her daughter, Leslie Becker.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Adjective
Mortgage rates, Rossman noted, are one of the least Fed-dependent consumer rates.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Every four years for at least the past seven decades, Nancy Ike dutifully cast her vote for U.S. president, said her daughter, Leslie Becker.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
Women nominated for Grammy Awards, for instance, were most likely to be recognized for best new artist or song of the year and least likely to be up for producer of the year.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Kelce needn’t demonstrate expertise, and neither does the panel of celebrity-class obscurities: Nicole Byer, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ron Funches, Lala Kent, and Sophia Stallone, who each recall schoolroom nobodies.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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Economists are also warning investors that even a few weeks of uncertainty are minimal compared to the market’s overall stability.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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While the vibration and noise levels were already minimal on previous models, Piaggio says the new engine slashes these even further.Josh Max, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Photograph: Andrea Kane/Institute for Advanced Study This led her to the zeros of trace phi cubed.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Like Schrodinger's cat, qubits can be both ones and zeros at once, a property known as superposition.Anand Oswal, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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One search through artificial intelligence chatbots generates an exponential amount of 25 times more electricity than a Google search and will become the predominant energy consumer across several countries in a mere number of years.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Ultimately, a federal system that endows states with substantial authority can act as a powerful custodian of democracy, one that goes well beyond the mere involvement of state officials in the electoral system.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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With their hearing about four times more sensitive than a human's, bees and other flying insects can wreak havoc on dogs.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Most people don’t think of insects as a factor in climate change.Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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At the time the house was a nonentity, the models dull, the clients wealthy women who did not dress in the latest styles.Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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Putin appointed a political nonentity in his place, shifted himself to the position of prime minister, and came right back for a third presidential term in 2012 and then a fourth.Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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