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as in then
in addition to what has been said
the owner of the restaurant is likewise the owner of the deli next door
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as in also
in like manner
I mind my own business, and you should do likewise
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There is likewise no credible news reporting about the organization making such an admission.
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Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement The parent company of Facebook, meanwhile, likewise served up a better-than-expected profit report.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Staffing would likewise be a major obstacle in the US without a significant increase in wages to recruit and retain workers.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
The Chinese Foreign Ministry likewise blamed the United States for suppressing free speech by trying to ban the popular Chinese social media app TikTok.
—David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement The parent company of Facebook, meanwhile, likewise served up a better-than-expected profit report.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Staffing would likewise be a major obstacle in the US without a significant increase in wages to recruit and retain workers.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
The Chinese Foreign Ministry likewise blamed the United States for suppressing free speech by trying to ban the popular Chinese social media app TikTok.
—David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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Researchers then tried to verify those findings by analyzing aerial and satellite images from Google Earth.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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No one is ever just mid in childhood and then ends up being a billionaire.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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His willingness to play short also might reflect the ability of Buster Posey, the team’s new president of baseball operations, to connect with players.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Notre-Dame was also a wreck during the 19th century when a young French architect named Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was hired to save it from ruin.Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The play call likely should not have been so do or die, either.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Don't breathe down their necks while waiting on said lull, either; rather, observe from a distance until the coast is clear.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers.Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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And so far, no state with a unified Republican government or a divided government has passed a voting rights act.Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Russians are juggling the materiel and manpower demands of the long-running war, punitive Western sanctions, low oil prices, high interest rates, inflation, a labor shortage, endemic corruption, and much more besides.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Murderbot wouldn’t care, and besides, there are more books to write.Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Daily Mail moreover published photos which purported to show DeGeneres’s property left in a swamp of flood water.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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What progress Israel has made, moreover, offers a troubling precedent for the lowering of moral standards in the pursuit of victory.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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The poll additionally showed that people aged 18 to 44 were more likely than older adults to disapprove of how Biden handles his job as president, at 66 percent.Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Both versions additionally allow users to charge their phone via a new USB-C port.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Likewise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likewise. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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