- present participle of accord.
according
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There were nearly 5,000 unsheltered people living on city streets in March 2026, according to a city-conducted survey, an 11% increase from the previous year’s count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
By the end of September about 28% of the nurdles had been recovered, according to scientists.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Although ideology "matters for symbolic encounters," it is "not that relevant" in practice, according to Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor at the FGV.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Things went south after terminal operators in a Brazilian port rejected an aging tanker full of Russian diesel that Soglayev was supposed to sell, according to filings by Soglayev and some of his opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
This was a table folks saw—yes, a table walking through the tombstones, night after night, according to some.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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