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Commutations for unsophisticated folk who had been over-sentenced would have been defensible, but impunity for practitioners of political violence is what doomed the Weimar Republic.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2025 -
But Betancourt’s classmates found his take prudish and unsophisticated.—
Jake Nevins,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Since the law went into effect last month, TikTok — which claims 170 million U.S. users — has remained largely unaffected on American phones that had already downloaded the app.—
Sapna Maheshwari,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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More than $50 million in federal funds that Alabama received for this year's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was unaffected by Trump's executive order because the funds came from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, al.com reported.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Every adult understands that quotidian lives are a complex jumble of truths and lies, and that honesty, secrets and privacy are malleable given the situation, but that’s not something a child learns overnight, which makes Marielle’s predicament especially disorienting.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2025
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Time is malleable, reality is only a function of our choices, and people can create their own second chances — ideas that Universal Language borrows from Kiarostami’s cinematic library of compassion, and then makes its own.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2025
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Figures like Bad Bunny help fill the space of role models at an age when boys are highly impressionable, according to Sheldon.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Harkonnens gonna Harkonnen: Remember Baron Harrow, Valya’s impressionable nephew?—
Sean T. Collins,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Trending Viewed together, these works carry a distinctly childlike sense of play, accompanied by a kind of urgent primacy.—
Keegan Brady,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2023
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The #nofilter Moussa can be disarmingly childlike and offensively straightforward, and Bouajila plays him like a zombie who’s been injected with too much truth serum.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
7 July 2023
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The 2019 film Trial by Fire remained largely faithful to the real events of Willingham’s case and execution.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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For one night, Hollywood’s background actors are the real stars.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Styled by Dani Levi, Kardashian wore a simple floor-length bodycon gown from Balenciaga Couture.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Persuasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasible. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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