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Recent Examples of regional
That data, collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the International Boundary and Water Commission, found concentrations of hazardous chemicals in water and sediment, but not at levels that exceeded the EPA’s regional screening levels for human health concerns.
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
More significantly, Assad allowed Tehran to use Syrian territory as a supply line to Hezbollah and to deploy other militias in regional conflicts against Israel and the United States.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Interestingly, climate change could potentially cause fewer and less severe Santa Anas, says Paul Ullrich, a professor of regional and climate modeling at the University of California Davis.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
Each director will mentor emerging filmmakers from regional ShilpoKola Academies, with a final delivery date of May 30.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
More significantly, Assad allowed Tehran to use Syrian territory as a supply line to Hezbollah and to deploy other militias in regional conflicts against Israel and the United States.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Interestingly, climate change could potentially cause fewer and less severe Santa Anas, says Paul Ullrich, a professor of regional and climate modeling at the University of California Davis.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
Each director will mentor emerging filmmakers from regional ShilpoKola Academies, with a final delivery date of May 30.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regional
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For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that households with incomes in the top 20% would disproportionately benefit from any effort to raise the maximum allowable deductions for state and local taxes.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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An appreciation of the theater as a dialectical art form that puts perspectives into collision.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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Richardson weaves a dialectical story of conflict between American leaders who want power over others, portraying American democracy not as a triumphant accomplishment but as, at best, a work in progress.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2024
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And Telegram itself uses standard crypto algorithms developed and certified by US government agencies, just in nonstandard ways.—
Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
27 Jan. 2021
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Despite these guidelines, healthcare providers still take measurements in nonstandard positions — with the arm resting on a patient’s lap or hanging at their side, according to study authors.—
Don Rauf,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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Bachman, then 30 years old, had already won national acclaim, and toured throughout the United States and Europe, with a sprawling collection of vernacular guitar music, spread across more than a dozen releases.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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The novelist was remarkable in approaching the subject of race as a modernist, rather than drawing on Southern tropes or vernacular to convey her characters’ Blackness, said Thadious M. Davis, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied and written about Larsen’s work.—
Ethelene Whitmire,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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To push the colloquial gold envelope even further, Swift added a chain belt.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
3 Jan. 2025
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From 1948 to 1972, Waugh served as an Army paratrooper and Green Beret, the colloquial name for Special Forces soldiers.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
18 Dec. 2024
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Brown also believes fully repairing everything that was broken at Halas Hall this season will take substantial time, which is his informal request to be given a little more time to continue his troubleshooting efforts.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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Service, from formal volunteering to informal small acts of kindness, is about helping each other.—
Vivek H. Murthy,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 272,000 children in Ukraine have benefitted from learning interventions with supplies provided by UNICEF, and over 400,000 children have engaged in formal or nonformal education.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes,
18 Aug. 2022
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The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.—
Michael Plummer,
Forbes,
3 June 2022
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“Regional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regional. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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