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But by and large, that observation that most people are acting with good intent is right.
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Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
But, by and large, regulations invite unintended consequences.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Arena fighters, by and large, are the de facto gaming genre for anime.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
But, by and large, most companies take different approaches to safety.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Oct. 2024
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Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
But, by and large, regulations invite unintended consequences.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Arena fighters, by and large, are the de facto gaming genre for anime.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
But, by and large, most companies take different approaches to safety.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Oct. 2024
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In a study published on November 14th in Geochemical Perspective Letters, the experts explained that isotopic dating and analysis provides chemical evidence that the Lafayette Meteorite mostly likely interacted with liquid water while the rock first formed roughly 742 million years ago.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Those just visiting Charlottetown will enjoy wandering around a charming, mostly flat town with ample restaurants, bookshops and other attractions.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The big picture: The Harris campaign hasn't spent a lot of time in Illinois, mainly relying on surrogate Gov. JB Pritzker to drum up support among Democrats, including a $5 million donation to the Vice President's campaign, the New York Times reported.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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This crazy star seems to communicate with a smaller, five-pointed star to its upper right that is mainly light blue, though its loose weave of horizontal and vertical marks also contains other colors.Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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They were primarily descended from a group of eastern Mediterranean immigrants.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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With the election playing out in the battleground states, Trump and Harris visited California primarily for private fundraising events with wealthy donors.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Such activity is typical during election seasons, chiefly in competitive purple states across the Rust Belt and Sun Belt.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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In the days following the murder, all of Lennon’s possessions were meticulously cataloged in a thousand-page inventory and placed in storage, chiefly in the warren of apartments that Ono retained at the Dakota.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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In New Jersey, more than 500 fires have started since Oct. 1, largely because of abnormally dry conditions.Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But Grant Fondo — an attorney with the Goodwin Procter firm who is part of Becker’s five-person, largely pro-bono legal team — tried to poke holes in Chandhok’s testimony, pointing to a series of emails from October 2022.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Portland cement — the most common type, developed in the early 19th century — is made predominantly of a substance called clinker.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Reverend George Lee Like Williams, George Lee lived in a predominantly African American community and helped launch an NAACP branch in Humphreys County, Mississippi.Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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What an opportunity getting to play someone who is steely and strong and manipulative and just bad, basically.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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So the reader has to imagine that basically there are ballots in a box somewhere.Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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