dash (off)

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Verb
  • The districts had been created to protect the voting power of the state’s Black residents, who make up one-third of the state’s population.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 May 2026
  • Nathan Rich and Miriam Peterson, architects on the project, said the 12,000-square-foot space is actually made up of five separate spaces.
    Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • However, after 28 years of conservation efforts, the first eaglet hatched without human intervention on Santa Cruz Island in 2006 — the first in over 50 years — and the population has grown since then, according to the National Park Service.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
  • FalconCam viewers can expect the first signs of hatching between May 29 and May 31.
    Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Dash (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dash%20%28off%29. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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