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Kraft Heinz KHC -0.74%decrease; red down pointing triangle has all but owned the supermarket macaroni-and-cheese aisle for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

With Stewart’s debut feature fresh in the public’s consciousness and garnering awards buzz, it’s peculiar that Kate Winslet — whose pedigree is arguably stronger than Stewart, Dickinson and Johansson’s combined — had her directorial debut all but dumped onto a streamer.

From Salon

USC gave up just 15 sacks, fewer than all but 14 teams in college football.

From Los Angeles Times

“Not to say you can have it all, but far too often we look at our lives or careers in a binary,” she says.

From MarketWatch

With the opposition all but out of the picture, Ouattara's party now boasts nearly 80 percent of seats in parliament, largely controls the Senate and dominates municipal and regional councils, in one of west Africa's fastest-growing economies and the world's top cocoa producer.

From Barron's