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Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Among geologists, there are givens: Humans don’t build things that last a million years.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 Oct. 2025
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While there's no presidential library on the premises, there is a branch of the Chicago Public Library.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Anthropic built its entire corporate narrative on the premise that models like Mythos pose such severe risks that they should never be released to the public.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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The presumption of innocence remains fully intact.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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The trouble is not TMI but TLI Another falsehood standing in the way of feeling loved is the presumption that asking questions will seem nosy.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Safe and familiar as that trajectory might be in a post-#GirlBoss rom-com, Goldstein and Joe Kelly’s script adds a little spice into the mix by questioning the dictums of today’s office culture.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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In this new world, leading firms were already implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Euclid’s postulates for geometry; various schemes for standardizing arithmetic.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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That postulate would justify racial quotas or preferences to remedy racial discrimination uncorroborated by credible evidence.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Monroe doctrine was explicitly anti-imperialist, stating that the United States would not tolerate interference by the Old World imperial powers in the Western Hemisphere.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Latter-day Saints also reject the Nicene Creed, which emphasizes the doctrine of the Trinity as one divine being.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Maybe my innocent hypothetical would soon become very real.—
Steven Rowley,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Families confronting complicated pregnancies are living through painful, high-stakes situations — not policy hypotheticals.—
Robin Sautter,
Washington Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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But this case shows that assumption can fall apart fast.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Since life-cycle assessments are sensitive to assumptions and contextual factors, the data is intended as a proxy for identifying supply chain pressure points rather than as a benchmarking tool.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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“Ipse dixit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixit. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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