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As of late Monday morning, the market was putting about a 60% chance on a half-point, or 50 basis points, reduction and roughly a 40% chance on a smaller, more traditional quarter-point cut, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
Advertisement The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, Haines said.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
If coral reefs in the US lose 1 meter of height, a study found, that zone in the US would grow by 104 square kilometers (or about 26,000 acres, nearly twice the size of Manhattan), putting about 51,000 more people at risk of flooding.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 2 July 2024
America only puts about 5 cents out of every dollar spent on health care toward primary care — and spends less than peer nations on social supports like food and housing.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
Advertisement The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, Haines said.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
If coral reefs in the US lose 1 meter of height, a study found, that zone in the US would grow by 104 square kilometers (or about 26,000 acres, nearly twice the size of Manhattan), putting about 51,000 more people at risk of flooding.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 2 July 2024
America only puts about 5 cents out of every dollar spent on health care toward primary care — and spends less than peer nations on social supports like food and housing.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put about
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This, along with Fabbro’s injury, comes about 48 hours after James van Riemsdyk’s awful injury during Friday’s game in Utah.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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This project came about when Garbo’s nephew reached out.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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But lawyers behind the initial push for reform said prosecutors and the governor were using fear mongering tactics to scare the public into turning back the clock.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The first, under the call-sign Reach 538, turned back near the Texas Gulf Coast and landed in Houston.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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For the coming round, various complexities in the French electoral system make predictions difficult.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2024
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These public statements signal political will by many leading G-20 members, making the coming round of G-20 meetings in September an opportune time to act.—
Landry Signé,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Apr. 2023
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While expectations are growing of peace talks, the new Trump administration has not publicly outlined a road map to securing peace in Eastern Europe and navigating the conflicting demands set out by Kyiv and Moscow, nor how the rest of NATO will slot in.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Following her Grammys performance, Charli will set out on an arena tour in select North American cities before headlining Primavera Sound 2025 in Barcelona this summer.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2025
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Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Some of the texts had been detected by spam filters across the messaging ecosystem, setting off alarm bells.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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The convoy of OCTAs set off to climb those mountains, trading pebbled roads for harder tracks in places, and some cement surfaces where runoff was an obvious issue.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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While international markets remain a bright spot, PepsiCo's ability to adapt to North America's evolving consumer landscape will be crucial in reversing the current decline.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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But many of the people charged with filling out the ranks of the U.S. military suggest that these moves will not reverse a trend decades in the making.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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