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This categorization didn’t constitute a formal regulation; rather the agency was using its discretion not to go after compounders who used ingredients it deemed safe — those from the first category.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
As in ancient Athens, those most vocal about the need to protect children from corrupting influences insist that such drastic measures constitute a defense of rather than an attack on democratic values and social cohesion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
While controversial in South Africa, courts have ruled it does not constitute hate speech and should be considered in the context of the struggle against white-minority rule that ended in 1994.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
It does not constitute personalized investment, tax, legal, or financial advice.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
Still more mainlanders arrived after 1945, especially after the Chinese Communists defeated the Chinese Nationalists in 1949, so that aborigines now constitute only 2 percent of Taiwan’s population.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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