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Noun
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But the people interviewed for this story float several theories.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025 -
As fear grew in 2023 over the failure to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling, the White House was said to be considering an option of last resort: an untested legal theory that involves invoking the 14th Amendment.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The best evidence for this hypothesis comes from micro-caps.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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This hypothesis, formulated by the mineralogist Robert Hazen and the astrobiologist Michael Wong of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC, along with a team of others, has provoked intense debate.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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“Oversimplification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimplification. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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