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And although contracts like Lawrence’s are not directly comparable to Stafford’s because Lawrence is younger and signed his contract years later, there is a hierarchy of validation in the NFL that matters to players and locker rooms.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025 -
For Ghazi, 48, validation has seemingly been everywhere of late.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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Not surprisingly, a large majority of Californians, according to a poll by former Obama campaign pollster David Binder, opposed legislation signed by Newsom in 2021 that in effect banned single-family zoning in much of the state.—
Joel Kotkin,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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This is legally required by European Union legislation.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The ratification laid the groundwork for the arrest warrant issued by the court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in May 2024.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Clinton later signed the statute but asked it not be sent to the Senate for ratification until these concerns were addressed.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
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This was the common idea behind Harry Truman’s Marshall Plan for postwar Europe, Kennedy’s establishment of USAID, Jimmy Carter’s creation of the U.S. refugee program, and George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Legalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legalization. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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