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key

[kee] / ki /


NOUN
item that unlocks
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Key adjustments: Gutierrez was aiming for program-management roles similar to ones she had held in the past, so she stripped unrelated experience from her work history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Key adjustments: Howze watched YouTube videos about how to enhance her profile and paid a consultant for further help with the design.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

"I find it a worry for English cricket - the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum relationship, the Ben Stokes-Rob Key relationship," said Vaughan.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Key to growing that substantially will be low-cost AI data centers in Space, which SpaceX believes can happen starting in 2028.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Mr. Stone was making a Hollywood movie called Key West.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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