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Recent Examples of no-no
Candied yams, also, are a no-no, as the primary focus of these drugs is for people with Type 2 diabetes, meaning something that’s so rich in sugars could impact your blood sugar.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
The Down Deep • There’s a minor subplot this week involving Knox (Shane McRae), who is still dealing with the repercussions of ratting out Juliette, a big no-no in the cliquish Down Deep.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Where things get really murky is third-party fitness platforms that extrapolate their own insights from Strava data — a no-no under the new API terms.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s a no-no in this market that needs beats and raises to send stocks higher, especially for a stock where there is still some investor frustration on whether these big AI bets will pay off.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
The Down Deep • There’s a minor subplot this week involving Knox (Shane McRae), who is still dealing with the repercussions of ratting out Juliette, a big no-no in the cliquish Down Deep.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Where things get really murky is third-party fitness platforms that extrapolate their own insights from Strava data — a no-no under the new API terms.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s a no-no in this market that needs beats and raises to send stocks higher, especially for a stock where there is still some investor frustration on whether these big AI bets will pay off.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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Both countries recently announced prohibitions on exports of those materials to one another.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
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Illinois passed its legacy admission prohibition in August, following Maryland, which enacted a legacy admission ban in April that applies to both public and private colleges.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the Senate in January, underscoring the hurdles in imposing restrictions on a separate branch of government even as public confidence in the court has fallen to record lows.Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Fact checked by Sarah Scott Substance use among adolescents, which declined precipitously amid the social distancing and isolation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to remain remarkably low years after the pandemic's restrictions have waned.Mia Taylor, Parents, 21 Dec. 2024
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Their voices, combined with growing scientific evidence, are working to shift public perception from viewing cannabis as a taboo subject to one that’s accepted and celebrated for its wellness potential.Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
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At mid-century, Chappel explains, there was a powerful taboo against the subject.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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After a decade in which the only U.S. films screened were those in Cuban archives, in 1970, piracy became the dominant way to circumvent the embargo.Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Roosevelt hoped that embargoes on arms (1937), scrap iron (1938), and eventually oil (1941) would hurt the Japanese economy sufficiently to halt Japan’s war in China, the WWII museum said.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
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What Happens Next Sanctioned parties are now subject to asset freezes, with the individuals also facing travel bans.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The companies responded by suing the U.S. government in May, saying a ban would violate 1st Amendment rights.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Unlike the Security Council, no member holds veto power in the assembly.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Russia, as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has repeatedly wielded its veto power to shield the Assad regime.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the current legislative inspector general, who took over from Pope nearly three years ago, told the Tribune these limitations haven’t been a problem.Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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There are also limitations because of battery life.Asuka Kawanabe, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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Accelerating the development of new drugs and treatments by simulating complex biological interactions to identify personalized precision medicine is a game changer for prevention and treatment.Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The remarks come nearly three months after Biden signed an executive order focused on gun violence prevention.Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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“No-no.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-no. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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