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as in apostolic
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as in authoritative
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To be clear, Charli isn’t the first canonical nonbinary character in Marvel Comics history.
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Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
Gorder helpfully clarified that, yes, his organization and the canonical Airbnb are markedly different entities.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Kennan’s message became the canonical text for those who tried to understand the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
While Phillips' films were always intended to be a standalone project that exists in a distinctly different timeline than the DC Extended Universe, Folie à Deux's closing twist shines a whole new light on the origin story of this world's canonical Joker, who—spoiler alert—isn't Arthur.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
Gorder helpfully clarified that, yes, his organization and the canonical Airbnb are markedly different entities.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Kennan’s message became the canonical text for those who tried to understand the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
While Phillips' films were always intended to be a standalone project that exists in a distinctly different timeline than the DC Extended Universe, Folie à Deux's closing twist shines a whole new light on the origin story of this world's canonical Joker, who—spoiler alert—isn't Arthur.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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But their indifference to the apostolic authority of the church and complicity with a secular ruling establishment have alienated many ordinary Catholics, who, like many ordinary voters throughout the West, worry that what was once solid is being eroded by negligent leaders.R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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YouTube said the platform has a multilayered approach to connect users with authoritative news and information while ensuring a variety of viewpoints are represented.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because in the absence of a national election authority, calls made by the AP—a nonprofit cooperative—have long been accepted as authoritative.WIRED Staff, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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The papal conclave also includes Stanley Tucci, Sergio Castellitto, Lucian Msamati, and John Lithgow.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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Watching this film is as close as most travelers will ever get to the papal conclave.Caroline Reilly, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
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Douglas Davies for Lincoln Township Seat 1: Davies has a background in licensed substitute teaching and is currently an operations manager.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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The amendment would also allow the Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and other licensed state entities to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell and distribute marijuana products and accessories.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Homer Landreth, a control systems engineer and independent contractor, is going for the Ironwood District seat, and Angeli Wesson, a certified hypnotherapist, is vying for the Willow seat.Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Becoming a certified public accountant proved a springboard for Sandy Torchia’s career.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
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None of the threats or threats to DEC employees or their families were deemed to be legitimate, according to Times Union.Emma Marsden, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Russia has also breached a sacred tenet of nuclear security by launching attacks against Ukraine from military bases that store nuclear warheads, thus making those bases a legitimate target for counteroffensives.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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The election certification process—which used to be a routine clerical task—has been politicized in recent years by Trump's baseless election fraud claims.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Canonical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canonical. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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