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as in to look up
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Verb
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And just when things are finally starting to look up, Jo receives a devastating cancer diagnosis.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025 -
Graham’s older brother likes to tell kids in town to look up the Andy Reid Baby.—
Sean Gregory,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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President Trump’s aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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That has left Republicans casting about for ways to offset those costs.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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With these facts in mind, scientists from Northwestern University looked to Bacillus subtilis, a probiotic bacteria found in the gut (and in soil).—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2025
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As part of the study, researchers looked closer at the diversity of these communities in the four evacuation zones by using U.S. census and elementary school data to develop a profile of the people living there.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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With an audience of that size, ad prices have reached a record, with a few ad spots reportedly selling for a record $8 million and even $8 million-plus for 30 seconds.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The company gained 35 million total monthly average users in Q4 — its highest-ever fourth quarter net adds — to reach 675 million at year-end, and paid subscribers grew by 11 million (matching the record gain in Q4 2019) to hit 263 million.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This is fantastic for farming Candies or hunting the Shiny version of a boss.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The two were hunting for a specific ironing board, to be displayed as an homage to Sarah Boone, a formerly enslaved woman who had the patent for what became the modern ironing board.—
Aemilia Madden,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Seek (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seek%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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