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F1 did say that the attendance at the Belgian Grand Prix this year was an all-time record at 400,000 over the weekend as a whole.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
That’s compared with a 0.1% decline for the whole state, according to Realtor.com, which is operated by WSJ parent News Corp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
He added: “I haven’t seen the show, to be honest with you, so it hasn’t really affected me a whole lot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Novartis confirmed its targets for 2026 and said it is still aiming for "low single-digit" sales growth for the whole year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
“My whole family is here somewhere! Oh, has anyone seen Casper ten Boom! Betsie ten Boom! Nollie van Woerden! Willem ten Boom!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Food, trinkets and paper offerings are also extended to ancestors or deities, including wholes chickens, fruit, tea, sculptures, incense and candles.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022
Fragments force quick reading, ask for impressionistic understanding, and suggest parts rather than wholes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Saar hops, skips and jumps among media, extracting the best of each and creating wholes greater than the sum of their parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
“But sometimes those halves drift apart, and only when they heal and grow can they become whole for themselves again. Two halves don’t make a whole, two wholes make a whole.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
As wholes, or parts, with movement or just motionless figures, with special attention to the color spots or ignoring them, with lots of ideas or just a few stereotyped responses.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry (Base List)
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