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Verb
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Start the conversation, make your point clearly, and let the response shape what happens next instead of adjusting midstream.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026 -
In the clinical trials, most of these problems have been managed by adjusting the dose or adding supportive medications.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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While earlier balancing machines—like those inspired by Segway—relied purely on wheels, modern humanoids have leaned toward human-like limbs.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Flynn Meyer finished with seven saves for the Knights (12-0-1), while Jules Rafacz provided the equalizing goal with 17 minutes left by scoring off an assist from Maddie Krynski.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Batherson came close to equalizing again with six minutes to go before Carolina was whistled for too many men.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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And the body that sold stories like Chambliss’s for years, who swore compensating players would cheapen the game, is the only entity who wants his story to end.—
Bomani Jones,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Stephens might struggle compensating for his lack of ideal length and athleticism, but blocking awareness and the power in his hands give him a fighting chance.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Contemporary theories of consciousness generally attempt to bridge this gap by equating consciousness with some measurable, physical property of the brain.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
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The administration reframes the drug war as military conflict, equating cartels to terrorist groups like ISIS and prioritizing lethal force over law enforcement.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Equipoising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipoising. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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