candidate
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Myra Cheng, the study’s lead author and a computer-science PhD candidate at Stanford University, said that “by default, AI advice does not tell people that they’re wrong.”
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Young Mary loved politics and had a crush on Henry Clay, the senator and failed presidential candidate, who lived in town.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“Gavin is the candidate who can motivate both the left and the center,” Hastings told The Times, referring to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Their findings, published in Stem Cell Reports, point to glycyrrhizin, a natural compound found in black licorice, as a promising candidate for reducing intestinal inflammation and preventing cell death.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
We knew of the phenomenon called the Bradley effect, named for an African American candidate, Tom Bradley, who’d run for governor in California in the early 1980s.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 2
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