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as in dimming
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as in crowding
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One, as visible in the Photos app, is to let more of the underlying content shine through the top of the window, dimming it and diffusing it less aggressively.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025 -
By the mid-1930s, however, Husseini’s influence was dimming.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a nearby plot, natural self-thinning over 80 years reduced crowding from 275 to 70 trees per acre.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The military has also been targeting and destroying high-rise buildings surrounding displacement camps, crowding Gaza City’s residents into ever-smaller spaces.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Planetary scientists estimate that by about a billion years after the solar system’s birth, the gradually brightening sun would have been able to efficiently vaporize any liquid water on Venus.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Four-Star Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is brightening the seasons throughout the year with a series of special events.—
Carolyn Heller,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This treatment also includes a lightening agent to help fade sun and age spots from the delicate skin of your hands, or a summer spent planted firmly in the sun.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The controversial skin-lightening agent is banned in the EU, Australia, and Japan.—
Keyaira Boone,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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Abughazaleh posted footage to her 117,000 followers on Instagram of an agent shoving her to the ground.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Gurich, the deputy seen on video shoving the woman outside the jail in downtown Sacramento, was fired from the Sheriff’s Office in April.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.—
Lauren Gifford,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The pic also showed off Jennifer Aniston’s money piece highlights, the face-framing way to give yourself a bit of a blonde glow without bleaching your whole head, sort of the way a ring light illuminates you from the front.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
19 Aug. 2025
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With some of these storm-squashing factors set to lift in the next few weeks, as well as the usual swivel from storms spawning in the Atlantic to the much-closer Caribbean, some meteorologists worry that the worst is yet to come.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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But don’t just stand there and dither until the world gets around to squashing you like a bug.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Fabric whitening solutions like bleach or hydrogen peroxide work through a process called oxidization.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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That means everything from teeth whitening to fillings and full smile makeovers.—
Yola Robert,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Matting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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