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leaving

noun as in end

noun as in offal

noun as in shard

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By leaving our bubbles, we widen our perspectives and, for at least a moment, relinquish what David Foster Wallace once called our “natural, hard-wired default-setting . . . to see and interpret everything through this lens of self.”

They worry about moving rates down too quickly, leaving the Fed in a difficult position if the economy accelerates next year.

The Supreme Court legalized sports betting on the federal level in a landmark decision in 2018, leaving it up to state governments to decide both whether to allow sports gambling and how to regulate it.

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"As these seaweed accumulations grow taller and more widespread, they risk blocking hatchlings entirely, draining their limited energy or leaving them stranded. Beyond impeding movement, sargassum may also reduce nesting space and alter incubation conditions."

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For example, for you, it might just mean leaving the workforce altogether.

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

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