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Noun
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Despite the controversy over the presence of federal troops, almost all of the incidents cited by press rights advocates have involved Los Angeles law enforcement.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 June 2025 -
Reddit, for instance, has steadily grown its advertisers’ presence, which contributed to it turning its first profit in October.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2025
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The agreement did not curtail Iran’s missile program and backing for nonstate actors across the Middle East; Tehran refused to countenance either as part of negotiations.—
Comfort Ero,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2025
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My only tangible evidence was a necklace my mother had left behind—a cameo carved into shell that depicted her countenance.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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Among the main strategies of discretion was anonymity, which permitted the letter writers to retain some trace of privacy and the columnist to mute aspects of his personal identity.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The survey data, provided to Fox News Digital, said nearly one in two (47%) of Gen Z job seekers admitted to fabricating at least one aspect of their job application.—
Vicki Salemi,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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Differences between Genovese and Costello come down to their marriages (the former to Kathrine Narducci’s Anna, the latter to Debra Messing’s Bobbie) and the physiognomy of make-up for the men’s superficial contrasts.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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Kahn presents an extraordinary panoply of European, African, and Latin faces — physiognomies that instantly convey a liberal democracy in conflict.—
Armond White,
National Review,
6 Sep. 2024
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But the heritage details of the skull anatomy around the ear and jaw joint show that these two hunting mammals evolved their similar habitus independently from different ancestors.—
Robert Baker,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2019
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The study finds that the heterosexual women and the non-heterosexual men show the greatest commitment to the habitus and the heterosexual men the least.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2015
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But for some reason you're constantly being observed even as a non-famous person.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Walker isn’t the only person in Wade’s orbit who credits the NBA Hall of Famer with providing an opportunity.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Not in 2000, when the Pacers made their only other finals appearance, and as luck would have it, happened to run into the blossoming Los Angeles Lakers dynasty led by two Hall of Famers, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, at the peak of their powers.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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As many as 3,000 people showed up outside Medinah Temple to contest an appearance by Anita Bryant, a singer and orange juice spokesperson who led a successful drive to repeal a gay rights ordinance in Dade County, Florida. 1981: Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa visited Chicago.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Her mother found her daughter’s cowardice in the face of strangers a secret disgrace, but Constance also had a father who was happy with her and with their time together, and that likely had been her salvation.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Appleton was found dead in his truck with a gunshot to the side of his head and face.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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“Superficies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superficies. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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