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[uh, ey] / ə, eɪ /
ARTICLE
not any particular or certain one of a class or group
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STRONG
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Henry, for example, was eventually on cordial terms with William Shawcross, the author of a book that was used by critics to paint him as a war criminal, to the regret of even Shawcross.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Investors in interest-rate futures markets see a roughly one-in-three chance of an increase next month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Her comments reflected a tension the central bank has been wrestling since the spring, when the Iran war sent energy prices climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

When you speak to people about Muskoka, the 2,500-square-mile-region of Ontario a couple of hours from Toronto, they tend to drop the word “magical.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She sends him a long letter with a photograph.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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