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The initiative's agenda includes aggressive deregulation, curbs on immigration, challenges to civil-rights protections, and a substantial reduction of the federal workforce, all with the aim of reducing the size and scope of government while reasserting executive authority.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
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For example, Santander Bank saw a 40% reduction in loan processing time after implementing nCino—making life easier for their team and customers.—
Sal Rehmetullah,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Overall car sales are expected to drop as autonomous taxis reduce the need for personal ownership of cars, with a decrease in traditional revenues for automotive suppliers like Valeo.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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But even with homicides down 20% last year, officials have struggled to explain the reason for that decrease, or the reason that nonfatal shootings and violence overall continues to be on the rise.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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China narrowly avoided a slip into deflation in December, statistics authorities said last week, with prices rising at their slowest pace in nine months.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune Asia,
17 Jan. 2025
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Energetic purchases of bonds by the central bank are a standard policy prescription for economies facing deflation: a broad decline in prices.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Nobody throws press conferences for fire abatement.—
William Choslovsky,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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In April 2023, the city filed a nuisance abatement lawsuit against several individuals including Strather, as well as multiple limited liability corporations, claiming the building was blighted and a public safety hazard and needed to be either fixed up or torn down.—
JC Reindl,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Dec. 2024
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The shrinkage immediately became a proof point and cudgel taken up by the state’s chest-puffing detractors.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the shrinkage of the conference was visible with less than half the number of delegates compared to COP28 in Dubai last year which logged an attendance of over 83,000 delegates.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes,
22 Nov. 2024
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The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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Moscow, for its part, has already formed a quasi alliance with Beijing to expedite the diminution of Washington’s influence.—
Charles Kupchan,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Mar. 2021
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The downtrend in shot attempts can be credited to playing on a better team – USC went 15-18 last season before hiring a new head coach in Eric Mussleman, who replenished the roster with 11 transfers.—
Aaron Heisen,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
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In its ratio versus the S & P 500 Index, DVA reversed a secular downtrend last year with a breakout above the monthly cloud model.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
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San Diego’s overall falloff from 2023 to 2024 impacted all players, Shaw included.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Will Lewis, the publisher of The Post, said in a meeting last year that in 2023, The Post lost $77 million and had suffered a falloff in its digital audience since 2020.—
Benjamin Mullin,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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