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Draftniks slap grades on the quality of the picks based on their perceptions of where the player’s talent meets positional need.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Concerns about the independence of the CRTC have also been raised by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in connection with indirect forms of influence such as perceptions of close ties between those serving on the commission, the industry, and industry law firms.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law.—
Thomas Tweed,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For example, Connelly of Columbia University mentioned new understandings of the danger surrounding the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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The research would have to extend into the professional realm to deepen these burgeoning understandings of how the dark facets of ourselves operate, suggesting even the necessity of the shadow as that might be directing our career choices through the world.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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But in recent months, the federal government significantly reduced those apprehensions, instead focusing on arrests at immigrants’ homes or places of business.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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His record includes 200 deployments and 16 apprehensions.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Prehensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehensions. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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