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Verb
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Nations are now embedding climate into trade policy, such as the European Union’s carbon tariff that holds imports to EU environmental standards, and linking reducing carbon pollution to industrial policy.—
Mindy Lubber,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025 -
These chatbots can resolve common employee queries, automate ticket routing and provide 24/7 assistance, reducing dependency on support staff.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Scientists from the Department of Psychology at the University of York, United Kingdom, aimed to uncover how sleep deprivation leads to intrusive thoughts.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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Over the years, experts have found that differences in brain structure or function, genetic variations and mutations, and medical complications (e.g. extreme prematurity, oxygen deprivation at birth, and certain maternal health issues) all seem to play a role.—
Cassie Shortsleeve,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Kane County has been on a belt-tightening budget for many years.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Gloria imposed a series of belt-tightening measures in November, weeks after voters rejected a sales-tax measure that would have raised $400 million a year in new revenue.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Straitening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitening. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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