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Noun
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The agency elevated its fight against climate change into a central pillar of U.S. development work akin to poverty reduction — a woeful distraction from its work in war zones and in countries suffering famine.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Other levers include responsible consumption, material reduction and refill/reuse.—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2025
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The factors behind the decreases and the rebound are multifold, hospitality experts say.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2025
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The most significant decreases have occurred on Lakes Ontario and Superior.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article When the college basketball game ended at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 5, 2014, broadcaster Ted Leitner soaked in the quiet deflation of Kansas fans processing a 68-game non-conference winning streak stopped in its tracks.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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China’s economy already faces strong structural headwinds, including industrial overcapacity and deflation.—
Eyck Freymann,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Jan. 2025
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Nobody throws press conferences for fire abatement.—
William Choslovsky,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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In April 2023, the city filed a nuisance abatement lawsuit against several individuals including Strather, as well as multiple limited liability corporations, claiming the building was blighted and a public safety hazard and needed to be either fixed up or torn down.—
JC Reindl,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The shrinkage immediately became a proof point and cudgel taken up by the state’s chest-puffing detractors.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the shrinkage of the conference was visible with less than half the number of delegates compared to COP28 in Dubai last year which logged an attendance of over 83,000 delegates.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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Moscow, for its part, has already formed a quasi alliance with Beijing to expedite the diminution of Washington’s influence.—
Charles Kupchan,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Mar. 2021
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In its ratio versus the S & P 500 Index, DVA reversed a secular downtrend last year with a breakout above the monthly cloud model.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
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The downtrend in shot attempts can be credited to playing on a better team – USC went 15-18 last season before hiring a new head coach in Eric Mussleman, who replenished the roster with 11 transfers.—
Aaron Heisen,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
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San Diego’s overall falloff from 2023 to 2024 impacted all players, Shaw included.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Will Lewis, the publisher of The Post, said in a meeting last year that in 2023, The Post lost $77 million and had suffered a falloff in its digital audience since 2020.—
Benjamin Mullin,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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