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Altman rejected Musk’s contention that OpenAI is abandoning its nonprofit roots, even though the company is working to spin out its for-profit entity to give it more leeway.
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David Goldman, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
That provides next to no leeway for conference mishaps for each team, but more importantly, somewhat dilutes the strength of the Big East from the NET’s perspective.
—Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
What’s happening: A group of Delaware state senators proposed a bill that would reshape how much leeway managers of companies with controlling shareholders have to run their businesses.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
During the first Trump administration, when the policy was still in place but agents were sometimes given leeway to ignore it, families facing deportation began sheltering within churches.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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David Goldman, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
That provides next to no leeway for conference mishaps for each team, but more importantly, somewhat dilutes the strength of the Big East from the NET’s perspective.
—Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
What’s happening: A group of Delaware state senators proposed a bill that would reshape how much leeway managers of companies with controlling shareholders have to run their businesses.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
During the first Trump administration, when the policy was still in place but agents were sometimes given leeway to ignore it, families facing deportation began sheltering within churches.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Leeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leeway. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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