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Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
More than 700 artists were nominated across 58 categories this year, according to Manuel Abud, CEO of the Latin Recording Academy.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2024
By the numbers: The sign measures roughly 106 feet across, with individual letters standing from seven to 11 feet tall.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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This month, Eastman, working with prison librarians across the country, set up a GoFundMe page through Chevalier’s to raise funds to purchase books for the incarcerated.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
More than 700 artists were nominated across 58 categories this year, according to Manuel Abud, CEO of the Latin Recording Academy.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Adverb
Getting down there required digging a pair of holes, 900 and 700 feet deep, then boring two and a half miles across to connect them.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2024
By the numbers: The sign measures roughly 106 feet across, with individual letters standing from seven to 11 feet tall.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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The proposal envisioned $11.3 trillion worth of spending reductions over 10 years and about $2 trillion in income tax cuts in order to bring the budget into surplus by 2032.Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The app seamlessly connects Ledger’s entire ecosystem, which currently supports over 10,000 coins and tokens on over 70 blockchains.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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The Sharks’ prospect pool was also largely devoid of high-end talent, with the organization trading away multiple first-round draft picks throughout the 2010s for short-term solutions to keep the championship window open.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The agency’s $48 billion budget funds medical research on cancers, vaccines and other diseases through competitive grants to researchers at institutions throughout the nation.Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Baffles are variably spaced and not stitched through, which helps the fill stay put and minimizes cold spots.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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Within the framework are compounds called amines, which have a basic pH. When air flows through the material, most components pass freely through, but the amines snatch up acidic molecules of carbon dioxide.Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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The mix had gotten somewhat clearer by the third song, which is right around the time the feedback issues started.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Finally, spring is just around the corner, and so is EGGstravaganza.Tom Kilgore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/across. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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