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an

[uhn, an] / ən, æn /
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As early as kindergarten, children who mainly speak a foreign language at home could be designated as an English learner and placed in language classes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“When I looked at reclassified students from one district to another, I couldn’t compare apples to apples,” said Manuel Buenrostro, policy director at Californians Together, an advocacy group that co-sponsored the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“LAUSD has done exactly what the law prohibits,” Beutner alleged in an ongoing lawsuit filed in February 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

And the new stage play also features a cast that is hoping it will have an impact on their futures as well as the audience.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

An abandoned sugar plantation on the marshy banks of the Mississippi River seems an unlikely place for a world-class hospital, but that’s exactly where Carville began.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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