as in to prime
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We are primed to value privileged or secret wisdom, vulnerable to flattery and suggestion, and enthusiastic about major leaps forward in scientific potential.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2025 -
Her star is rising and she’s primed for major stateside awards play.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Many school districts pay private providers to educate students with special needs.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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The hands-on displays are designed to educate about teamwork, deduction, health care, coordination, agility and cognitive thinking, among others.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Here's to hoping Charlotte's Gen Z children will end up schooling her on the joys of being alone—straight from their TikTok algorithm.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Densmore was a local drummer going to school a few towns away, who was brought into a group started by Manzarek that also featured his brothers.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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But the next stage involves AIs which can perform specific actions, whether booking airline tickets or designing software, when instructed.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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An immigration attorney told ABC7 that individuals received a text instructing them to appear for a routine case review in the South Loop, only to be detained shortly after.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Szabo, who reports to both Bass and the council, is well known within City Hall for his work preparing the city budget, negotiating with city unions and providing policy recommendations on homelessness and other issues.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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The resulting tiebreak, however, provided the stage for Sabalenka to display impressive tenacity, fighting back from 3-0 to win a genuinely thrilling set that neither player deserved to lose.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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The mRNA vaccine is like a blueprint that the body uses to train the immune system to recognize the virus that causes Covid and protect against it, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Before the campaign ever launched, Coca-Cola had already begun training internal teams, building literacy in generative AI tools, and partnering with experts.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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With a writers room already open, filming is set to commence soon and casting is already gearing up.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2025
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With California bracing for a hotter-than-usual summer, air conditioners are gearing up to start working overtime.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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Without the resources to be self-sufficient, Asia must rely on LNG imports to meet its energy demands, and the U.S is taking advantage of the opportunity to supply.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Manila deploys missions to supply a small garrison of troops living aboard an aging warship that was deliberately run aground in 1999 to protect its maritime claims.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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