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I mean, willpower is a great word by the way, right?

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

Just because you’re paranoid, however, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

However, he added: "The fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring the investigation to an end or mean that the whole of the investigation is unlawful."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Leaving the United States doesn’t mean waving goodbye to the U.S. tax system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

All of these behaviors can mean something entirely different in another culture, but all cultures have listening behavior.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"I feel incredibly lucky to get to play these shows here in New York, and this building means a lot to me," said the artist.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Five days or weeks at a time means it’s still my home,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

For Netflix, that means looking outside of its once-unimpeachable red walls and embracing more reluctant partnerships with rivals, while cutting costs and overhauling old practices wherever possible.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

"So I think the costs of a healthy diet, which means an increased cost on legumes, on vegetables, on meat, is just having a big impact on what people can afford to consume."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her face has that pinched look that means she’s got more to say but won’t say it.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The Financial Times's Danny Leigh dished out three stars, saying it paints a "portrait of tech rendering the young both sadder and meaner".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

In turn, increased efficiency allows them to be meaner toward prospective employees.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

Photos from the summer show a much meaner and leaner Doncic than the one that ended last season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2025

But there’s still an element of camp and goofy humor that lingers, taking away from the script’s leaner, meaner elements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

About a month before school started she was mean all morning as usual and in the afternoon, instead of settling down to knit, she kept getting meaner and meaner.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos

His first game was a big test, coming against last season's meanest defence, and the lead changed hands eight times in a thriller at the Houston Texans.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

And more than a few of my closest, meanest friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

He delivers the meanest quip in a respectful movie when he tells Reed, “I take back every single bad thing I’ve been saying about you … to myself, in private.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

I could go on for days and days about everything I saw in his palace, but the meanest rooms there, which were assigned to the scrubdragons, were worthy of human emperors.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

The fierce winds were set to peak Friday across Los Angeles County but the high heat and low humidity meant the high fire danger would continue into the weekend.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

USC is also leaning into artificial intelligence, with a $200-million gift from Nvidia board member Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary Stevens, meant to infuse AI across the campus and recruit AI researchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Any of those delays could have meant the police would have been unable to gather the evidence they wanted, they argued - and "given the gravity of this investigation", the police asked for search warrants.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cave’s joke, of course, is that “Every lead girl in a period drama” is no freer from the demands of feminine beauty than the women she’s meant to stand apart from.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I couldn’t imagine what she meant by that and wondered if I was supposed to ask.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

When she insists the machine can perform any medical test, Fielder finds himself drawn into an absurd debate over the meaning of the word “can.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In a call with analysts, Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lay also divulged that the company had cut its shareholder equity by $1.2 billion, meaning Enron was suddenly worth a lot less money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Trend lines take on more technical meaning when they have at least three points on them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Their name comes from Greek words meaning "big eaters," reflecting their ability to surround and engulf bacteria, damaged cells, and other unwanted material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

This is not exactly a cipher, but still I hope you can understand my meaning.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan