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as in then
in addition to what has been said
the owner of the restaurant is likewise the owner of the deli next door
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Relevance
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as in also
in like manner
I mind my own business, and you should do likewise
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Some original photorealists likewise tweaked reality in their canvases, but an artist working in the style today uses photographs made increasingly malleable by software like Photoshop.
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Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Pressed if Liz Cheney should likewise be investigated for the former Wyoming Republican congresswoman’s role on the House Jan. 6 committee, Bondi pivoted the conversation to crime in Schiff’s home state.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Jan. 2025
Melania Trump, who had a successful modeling career before marrying her husband in 2005, likewise could forge her own path.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
There is no region where only A and C overlap that doesn’t also include another region, and likewise for B and D. A proper Venn diagram depicts every combination of intersections.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
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Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Pressed if Liz Cheney should likewise be investigated for the former Wyoming Republican congresswoman’s role on the House Jan. 6 committee, Bondi pivoted the conversation to crime in Schiff’s home state.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Jan. 2025
Melania Trump, who had a successful modeling career before marrying her husband in 2005, likewise could forge her own path.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
There is no region where only A and C overlap that doesn’t also include another region, and likewise for B and D. A proper Venn diagram depicts every combination of intersections.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2025
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He’s got a real ability to hang onto the puck, draw players into him and then make plays through or around them.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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At the peak of #MeToo, many thought the music industry would be next and then not much happened.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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There is also some evidence that learning cursive benefits the brain.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Jan. 2025
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Anthony's younger brother, Justin Mitchell, also died.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, whatever progress the United States has made in limiting climate change seems likely, under Trump, either to stall or to be reversed.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Palestinian prisoners who were convicted in the deadly attacks will be exiled, either to Gaza or abroad — some for three years and others permanently — and barred from returning to Israel or the West Bank.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Everything went off so well that the police superintendent was convinced the theft involved someone on the inside.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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TikTok may or may not be shutting down in the U.S. on Sunday (Jan. 19), so Joe Jonas is using his precious time on the app to introduce fans to his drag alter ego.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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And besides, the film with the most noms of its year often does not go on to win.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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For all the battle scars, Morris can have a childlike excitement about being part of an Oscar campaign and the chance to give a gift to her son besides.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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The study showed, moreover, that PFAS was not getting broken down at wastewater treatment plants.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Daily Mail moreover published photos which purported to show DeGeneres’s property left in a swamp of flood water.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
2 Dec. 2024
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Ferrer additionally noted that the Fund hosted a charitable event for Ivanka’s stepsister, Tiffany, on her first birthday.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The poll additionally showed that people aged 18 to 44 were more likely than older adults to disapprove of how Biden handles his job as president, at 66 percent.—
Juliann Ventura,
The Hill,
11 Dec. 2024
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