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Recent Examples of low-level
Llamas began his career in 2000 with low-level jobs at NBC and MSNBC before jumping to the network’s South Florida affiliate, WTVJ, in 2005.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
The number of people arrested in New York City for low-level offenses who are being put through the system rather than being given desk appearance tickets rose sharply in the first two months of 2025, a trend the Legal Aid Society is linking to two in-custody deaths.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
An appeals court sent the case back down, asking a federal judge to reconsider whether DeSantis would have suspended Warren based on his performance and policies around prosecuting low-level misdemeanors.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Photo: Everett Collection Decades later, Sydney Pollack’s quintessential post-Watergate spy movie would explore a similar mood, casting Robert Redford as a low-level analyst who returns from a lunch run to find that everyone else in his office has been murdered.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
The number of people arrested in New York City for low-level offenses who are being put through the system rather than being given desk appearance tickets rose sharply in the first two months of 2025, a trend the Legal Aid Society is linking to two in-custody deaths.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
An appeals court sent the case back down, asking a federal judge to reconsider whether DeSantis would have suspended Warren based on his performance and policies around prosecuting low-level misdemeanors.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Photo: Everett Collection Decades later, Sydney Pollack’s quintessential post-Watergate spy movie would explore a similar mood, casting Robert Redford as a low-level analyst who returns from a lunch run to find that everyone else in his office has been murdered.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-level
Adjective
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024
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Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
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Image In Davao, Mr. Duterte remains widely popular, remembered for cracking down on problems like drugs, petty crime and violence.—
Aie Balagtas See,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Where Hub once pursued petty criminals, he’s now charged with rounding up escaped demons by the Devil himself.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.—
Staff Writer
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2023
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The story of 2022 (and 2021 to a lesser extent) was energy.—
Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2023
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Look at rumors, gossip, metaphors, euphemisms, folktales—all the means by which subordinate groups disguise their opposition.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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As subsidiaries, they are often deprived of strategic independence and fiscal autonomy, rendering long-term growth plans subordinate to broader organizational priorities.—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Grapevine has a flurry of talent including junior catcher Gianni Corral, an uncommitted recruit who was previously committed to Texas A&M. Outfielder Zachary Goldstein, also a junior, is a scrappy speedster with a knack for getting on base.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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John Kennedy, a Republican, is the junior United States senator from Louisiana.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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In its filing for a planned secondary listing in Hong Kong, CATL stated that by late last year, its batteries were used in one out of every three EVs worldwide, powering about 17 million vehicles.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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Best Buy’s trade-in prices are worth it for the simplicity of swapping your device in, to buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, compared to selling it on the secondary market.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As mentioned above, taking creatine in higher doses, such as 20 grams per day, may trigger minor side effects like water retention.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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Commonly known as Tylenol, it's thought to reduce fever and relieve minor aches and pains by raising your body's pain threshold and regulating your body temperature.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Complete any prep the under area needs—like removing existing weeds and shrubs or mowing grass—then lay the garden map back over the area and secure it with landscape staples.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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The bra and underwear have set stones and drops at the under-bust of the bra and the waistline of the underwear.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-level. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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