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Starlink is owned by Elon Musk, a major financial supporter of Trump during his reelection campaign.
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Steve Maslow, a longtime go-to re-recording mixer who won Oscars for The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Speed and had four other career nominations during a prolific half-century career, has died.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Questions were frequently posed during the great immigration surge in the five decades from the 1880s to the 1920s.
—Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The school district said that a substitute teacher would be filling in for Amy during her leave.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Steve Maslow, a longtime go-to re-recording mixer who won Oscars for The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Speed and had four other career nominations during a prolific half-century career, has died.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Questions were frequently posed during the great immigration surge in the five decades from the 1880s to the 1920s.
—Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The school district said that a substitute teacher would be filling in for Amy during her leave.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for during
Preposition
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The 73-year-old Weinstein kept his eyes trained on Mann throughout her Tuesday testimony, intermittently whispering to his attorney, Teny Geragos.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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New surprise gifts will debut throughout the year, giving kids something new to look forward to with every visit.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Her racial ambiguity was perfectly calibrated to an era in which brands were clamoring to amplify their social-media presence by appealing to as many audiences as possible.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Arizona’s rapid low-density residential development sprawl is driven by its rabid encouragement of ever more population growth.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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“During.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/during. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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