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This could be especially helpful when individual signals are weak, unclear, or easily misinterpreted.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
District officials have previously described such cost-cutting attempts as potentially meaningful, but only marginally helpful given that employee salaries and benefits make up the vast majority of the district’s nearly $19-billion budget.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
So, from Downing Street's point of view, it is rather helpful that the prime minister's deputy has a friend in the president's deputy.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“I know I’m pretty good at times, but you know, a bit of luck every now and then is helpful, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Not that everybody they’d asked had been helpful.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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