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In a cutting cycle, investors tend to price in a fast descent toward the estimated neutral rate.

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Citigroup singled out credit-card applicants suspected of being of Armenian descent based on their surnames, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

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He’s a U.S. citizen of Mexican descent, who speaks little English and works in construction.

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Stan’s swift rise in fortune and swifter descent into alcoholism and madness feels like a feverish parody of the get-rich-quick story.

This week, the Spanish capital has been hosting an African Union-backed "world conference on people of African descent".

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

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