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By the time Sasaki started warming up in the bottom of the eighth inning, he might as well have already inherited the closer role by default.

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He highlighted how it had made accounts for under-16s fully private, and private by default for under-18s, meaning strangers cannot contact children directly - though he admitted Pinterest was still "by no means perfect."

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In most cases, it will still default to the tried-and-true output because it craves that clap on the shoulder.

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Another opponent, Lord Patten, branded the bill an "unholy legislative mess" that he said could lead to death becoming the "default solution to perceived suffering".

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She had written the project, cast the actors, scouted locations and was ready to serve as producer — but in the end, “by default,” as she says, she had to direct it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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