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In 1961, the CIA was planning the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to topple Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government, but the Joint Chiefs of Staff considered the chance of success to be just 30 percent—that is, a 70 percent chance of failure. David Spiegelhalter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024 Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Hydrating Makeup Primer $38 $25 Sephora Get a grip (to your makeup base, that is) with Milk Makeup's Hydro Grip Hydrating Makeup Primer. Annie Blackman, Allure, 1 Dec. 2024 Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge Limited Wi-Fi throughout means you can truly get connected — with nature, that is. Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024 The display is simply that much better than anything else on the road. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for that 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for that
Adverb
  • Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper did so in 2008 when opposition parties sought to form a coalition government.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Gaming Accessibility Solutions As the gaming industry grows, so does the demand for inclusivity.
    Abdo Riani, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • It was initially thought that O'Connell suffered a ligament injury to his knee, but further testing revealed that the Vegas organization got a lucky break.
    Valentina Martinez, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The works council and union have repeatedly warned of further escalation of strikes should Volkswagen's management not budge in negotiations.
    Sophie Kiderlin,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • While the integration of AI into our daily lives has happened very quickly (AI assistants are one of the fastest product adoptions in history), so far, organizations have seen limited benefits.
    Ethan Mollick, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
  • And one of the men inadvertently let out a very … loud sound.
    Ted Koppel, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Powell most recently starred in action sequel Twisters with Daisy Edgar-Jones and opposite Sydney Sweeney in Sony’s hit rom-com Anyone but You.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yields and prices move in opposite directions, and one basis point equals 0.01%.
    Sean Conlon,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • These functions are easy to compute in one direction and extremely difficult to reverse.
    John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Arsenal made overtures and given other interest around him, Villa regarded his acquisition a significant coup.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Join 1 other in the comments View Comments CNN has reached out to these companies, along with Stanley, for comment on the nationwide recall.
    Karina Tsui, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • But shield laws are largely in uncharted constitutional waters because until now, states really haven’t fought with one another over dueling laws.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But, amusingly, there’s really no characterization at all.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • How fast these farther galaxies are receding from us (which is easily read off from their color) divided by their distances gives H0.
    Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Orbeliani made the case that as a Christian nation Georgia was a natural pro-Western ally and a gateway to the Caucasus and farther east.
    Andrew North, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2016

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“That.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/that. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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