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as in only
for nothing other than
the scholarships are awarded simply on the basis of merit uninterested in food, she eats simply to keep alive
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Some households simply can’t pay their utility bills: In 2023, Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) shut off electricity for 80,000 households, leaving thousands of families in the dark — and breaking 2022’s record-setting number of 66,000 shutoffs.
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David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
By producing equal amounts of matter and antimatter, the experiments at RHIC and the LHC have simply deepened the mystery of the matter–antimatter asymmetry in the universe and why the Big Bang favored matter over antimatter.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Born Yesterday, as conceived in the production of S. Sylvan Simon, is simply a stage play.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
Internal tracking data showed that almost half of Dell's workforce simply shrugged and stayed remote, consequences or not.
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—Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
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David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
By producing equal amounts of matter and antimatter, the experiments at RHIC and the LHC have simply deepened the mystery of the matter–antimatter asymmetry in the universe and why the Big Bang favored matter over antimatter.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Born Yesterday, as conceived in the production of S. Sylvan Simon, is simply a stage play.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
Internal tracking data showed that almost half of Dell's workforce simply shrugged and stayed remote, consequences or not.
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—Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
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In the thirteen years with a negative S&P 500 return for the Santa Claus indicator, the market was down only five times in the following year, a hit rate of less than 40%.Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Carbon Monoxide Detector This four-in-one detector not only reads carbon monoxide on the road but also detects other combustible, explosive gases, like LPG (methane), propane, and natural gas.Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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His prolific season has the Orange averaging 361 passing yards and 32.6 points per game, and the team won nine games for the first time since 2018 and just the third time this millennium.J.J. Bailey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Created for the Prabal Gurung show, these nails are elusive yet chic, and just a fun spin to a neutral shade.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
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Is that view reconcilable with the idea of terroir being shaped by purely local factors?Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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On a purely tactical basis, some worthwhile work seemingly was done last week.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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Demonstrating Leadership And Initiative Ambition without action is merely a dream.Rosalba Carandente, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The box-of-chocolates approach has come under much more pressure since then, as misleading or offensive results have come to be seen more and more as dangerous rather than merely quirky or momentarily regrettable.Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Globes, over their 82 year history have always been friendly to newcomers, and in fact used to have categories solely devoted to them.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is the only expedition cruise operator offering flights in and out of Puerto Natales — most flights to Antarctica operate solely out of Punta Arenas.Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
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The team that formerly was made out of exclusively 6-foot-8 brick houses now has just one — Scottie Barnes.Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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They have long been thought of as exclusively cognitive/mental.Dinorah Nieves, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Simply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simply. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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