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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Peeling removes some of the vegetable's nutritional content like dietary fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C.
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What happened Imagine an ATM that checks your balance, dispenses the money, then deducts the amount from your account.
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The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.
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The upward revision can be attributed to a downward revision on imports, which subtracts from GDP.
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The Montreal experimental trio subtracts drums and enfolds itself within resonant, rumbling guitar tones that summon otherworldly emotion.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
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This triple-zip compartment crossbody features an adjustable strap that detaches to turn your bag into a clutch.
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When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest.
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There is a similar silence after Maggie’s mother takes off.
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Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.
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Preserving dam integrity across northern Michigan will be important to the region once the crisis abates, said Sharen Lange, a Cheboygan business owner active in economic development, including on Cheboygan Commons.
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“Bates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bates. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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