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Noun
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Britain’s strategic significance for the United States eroded further with Brexit, starting in 2016 with the approval of a referendum to leave the European Union and the formal withdrawal four years later.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026 -
The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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By 2022, the idea of building something together had moved from abstraction to inevitability.—
NIa Bowers,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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From the mid-1970s onward, Hayward largely produced monochrome abstractions.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the owner’s unexpected absence was an indication that the rumors about my imminent demise were wrong and that things were not so certain.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Around the world, birds flock to salt lakes, drawn by the flies and brine shrimp that live in them, and by the relative absence of predators.—
Rosa Lyster,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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One victim was pushed onto a couch and had his wallet and jewelry stolen, while another was choked from behind to the point of near unconsciousness and robbed of a Rolex watch, a Louis Vuitton bag, and other valuables.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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One individual was allegedly choked to near unconsciousness.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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The initial photos or videos were ones of unawareness of what is about to go down.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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LillyAnne Keeley, a senior, likes that remoteness.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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But for those who visit, the remoteness is part of the appeal.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Army recently established a new detachment for senior tech leaders, and its first four recruits included executives from Meta, Palantir, and OpenAI.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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The French detachment said the Russian planes didn’t have switched-on transponders, file flight plans or enter into radio contact.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Abstractedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstractedness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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