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Ms. Williams’s stories seem to have passed beyond the dramatic arcs and emotional payoffs customary to short fiction.

"Each class has more than 105 or 110 students," she said, wearing the black niqab, or face-covering, that is customary for Yemeni women.

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It is customary for political leaders to arrive during the second and final week of UN climate talks to finalize the agreements drafted by negotiators in the opening days.

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Actor Jay O. Sanders is the narrator on this “Secrets of the Dead” installment and, as is customary for the series, there is no small amount of hyperbole in the presentation.

“In Japan it is not customary for management to own stock,” he said at length.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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