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as in passed (down)
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as in informed
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Decades of toilet development informed the system aboard Orion that the Artemis II astronauts are using.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026 -
All three brothers slept in the North, or so I was informed, although there had been a time when one of them slept in the South.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Kuwait’s Al Salmi tanker was attacked at the port connected to the United Arab Emirates city better known as a destination for influencers, Reuters and The New York Times reported.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Others, such as Susan Braverman, also reported feeling stretched thin after being required to work in stressful conditions with higher-than-normal callout rates while not receiving compensation.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Any potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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The court found that the man, who has significant cognitive impairments, appeared to have consented to removal without understanding the process and without his caretakers being notified, according to court documents reviewed by Newsweek.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The three rescue planes flew out of Iran to Kuwait, each just a short distance behind each other, the officials disclosed.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Bassan said she was also inspired by actor Angelina Jolie, who disclosed her own preventive mastectomy in a 2013 column in The New York Times.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The winner will be honored on the Fort Worth All-Area Team, which will be revealed Monday.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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The imaging revealed some thickening in my breast tissue, which can indicate anything from an infection or cyst to (rarely) cancer.—
Jillian Wager,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
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My fear manifested as aloofness.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
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Starting over was first impossible, then daunting, and then slowly manifested through a combination of therapy and more spiritual remedies (brief flirtations with Scientology and the Nation of Islam didn’t take hold).—
Jackson Howard,
Pitchfork,
29 Mar. 2026
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Since the union authorized a strike, its leadership will take the motion to leadership at the USW’s Pittsburgh headquarters, though negotiators have kept Pittsburgh apprised since negotiations began, Beck said.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Rubio, however, has argued the administration has kept congressional leaders apprised.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Years later, Stone divulged a shocking detail of their nuptials while appearing on the Smartless podcast.—
Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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The source divulged that the singer would spend as much time with them.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Handed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handed%20down. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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