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Pesquisa mostra que isso leva a um maior engajamento, maior produtividade e melhores taxas de retenção.
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Lan Nguyen Chaplin, Harvard Business Review, 19 Feb. 2025
The final category is the one-offs that range from potentially plausible — Siobhan Fallon Hogan endorsed Marci Klein, while Laraine Newman recommended Robert Smigel — to the more, um, offbeat: Amy Poehler suggested Judge Judy, Julio Torres wants Miss Piggy, and David Mandel floated Vivek Ramaswamy.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
And anyone who’s ever dealt with a roiling belly—so, all of us—knows just how um, sweet, that release can be.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the combo of Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott set off acting fireworks, while Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell, um, don’t.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Lan Nguyen Chaplin, Harvard Business Review, 19 Feb. 2025
The final category is the one-offs that range from potentially plausible — Siobhan Fallon Hogan endorsed Marci Klein, while Laraine Newman recommended Robert Smigel — to the more, um, offbeat: Amy Poehler suggested Judge Judy, Julio Torres wants Miss Piggy, and David Mandel floated Vivek Ramaswamy.
—Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
And anyone who’s ever dealt with a roiling belly—so, all of us—knows just how um, sweet, that release can be.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the combo of Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott set off acting fireworks, while Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell, um, don’t.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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