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Recent Examples of glean
Academic experts, reporters and pundits have been going through basic and limited data gleaned from the early voting numbers, trying to get clues about next week's outcome.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Read more Early, mail-in votes raise questions about possible election results
The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Drawing on lessons gleaned from Vladimir Putin’s Russia, these authors sought to supply Americans with a manual for thwarting Trumpism.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Given one can only glean so much from the Eittem website—and that upwards of $5,000 is a significant investment—Saluti wants bag lovers and art enthusiasts alike to visit her production studio.
—Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Read more Early, mail-in votes raise questions about possible election results
The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Drawing on lessons gleaned from Vladimir Putin’s Russia, these authors sought to supply Americans with a manual for thwarting Trumpism.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Given one can only glean so much from the Eittem website—and that upwards of $5,000 is a significant investment—Saluti wants bag lovers and art enthusiasts alike to visit her production studio.
—Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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What’s needed next is a community of amateur radio astronomers who can begin gathering data that will complement the work of their professional colleagues, just as amateur astronomers working in the visible part of the spectrum have done for hundreds of years.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The rating labels schools and districts earn should be changed to be easier for the public to understand, but that should be done after research and gathering public feedback.Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Contracts and Musk Regardless of who wins the White House, Musk’s SpaceX is expected to continue reaping billions of dollars a year in government contracts including with the Defense Department and NASA.David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Safe & Smart Florida, which is the political action committee that is supporting Amendment 3, has reaped just over $100 million in campaign contributions, as of Sept. 20, according to the state’s campaign finance database.Zack Huffman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Double Trouble Buck The Double Trouble Buck replica isn’t from a buck that was harvested or even found dead.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Triple Trophy Award is given to anyone who harvests a deer using the three historical methods of harvest -- archery equipment, muzzle-loader and modern gun.Arkansas Game and Fish, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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The long-lasting falsehoods about the 2020 election, including former President Trump’s persistent claim President Biden stole the last election, has sparked fears that misinformation and disinformation could rapidly spread online and sow distrust in the official electoral process.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Foreign powers seeking to influence the outcome — Russia, China and Iran — are circulating fake videos on social media aimed at sowing discord and distrust.April Rubin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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