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don't

[dohnt] / doʊnt /
NOUN
a rule forbidding something
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"We need therapies that don't just mask pain but actually change how the disease progresses."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Families don’t need to be convinced to have babies — they need to be able to afford them,” Rowe-Finkbeiner said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I don’t know that just subsidizing people is a complete answer. But maybe in the interim we’ve got to do something to help.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

One thing is certain: Pressure moments don’t bother him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

When it comes to our chosen instruments, we don’t play around.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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