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as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense
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as in to come
to come near or nearer
night draws on, so we should hurry home
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Recent Examples of draw on
Lynch and his co-creator, Mark Frost, drew on the director’s affection for both the eldritch and the ordinary to conceive this singular affair, making great use of Lynch’s ability to balance these two discordant modes.
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Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
Warnock drew on his Georgia upbringing and his work as a pastor to win his seat.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
But Adam added that the court could also draw on older precedents, from the Cold War and Vietnam eras, in which the court rejected the government’s arguments that supposed threats to national security justified limits on speech.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
Warnock drew on his Georgia upbringing and his work as a pastor to win his seat.
—Obed Manuel, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
But Adam added that the court could also draw on older precedents, from the Cold War and Vietnam eras, in which the court rejected the government’s arguments that supposed threats to national security justified limits on speech.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw on
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The ancient volcanoes in that area, situated around the center of Pangaea, oozed and belched greenhouse gases in pulses over 600,000 years, covering roughly three million square miles in volcanic rock and causing sharp climate swings between hot and cold.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 ceremony will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will pay tribute to the city’s resilience amidst the devastation caused by January’s wildfires.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2025
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The city of Indianapolis created a position within the Office of Public Health and Safety to focus on preventing youth violence.—
Arika Herron,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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The third season is once again created, written and directed by Mike White, with producers including White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The nature of a training camp quarterback competition is that the participant who comes up short — or participants, in the case of Denver Broncos QBs last summer — tends to fade quickly into the background.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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By Monday morning so many streets were blocked off in downtown Washington, even to pedestrians, that people came up against metal fencing at one street corner after another trying to reach their destinations.—
Elisabeth Bumiller,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Other than that, the team has discussed casting unknown actors to bring new, young actors into the limelight.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chicago Public Schools officials had said that at least one immigration officer approached Hamline Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side late Friday morning, but was not allowed to enter.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Fire was approaching the facility, home to 45 elderly and disabled patients ranging in age from mid-60s to 103, many of them bedridden, some with dementia.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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City staffers were directed to prepare a financial plan that would set aside tax revenue generated by commercial activities at El Corazon and use that money only to develop and maintain parks within the property, instead of spending the cash citywide as part of the general fund.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2025
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Mariposa will be closed for lunch, but open for dinner Wednesday.—
CharlotteFive staff,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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By Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 5 p.m. EST—Government Heads Must: Distribute a department or agency-wide notice informing everyone that all DEI offices are closing.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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That crash and a second fatal collision that involved two Apache helicopters in Alaska prompted the Army to ground all aviation except flights on critical missions.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The immoveable inevitability of the performance—when the project must be ready—prompts theater-makers to reverse-engineer clear timelines, ambitious benchmarks and a joint-problem-solving orientation.—
Jeffrey R. Wilson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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