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The Commission said time-management tools on Facebook and Instagram, including those enabled by default for teenagers, can be dismissed and do not meaningfully reduce usage.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
Options for changing the platforms’ design could include disabling features such as default autoplay and infinite scrolling or creating screen time breaks for users, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
Decades before plastic became the default currency at the cash register and Venmo became a verb, pulling out a paper checkbook to pay for weekly groceries was a standard routine in American life.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026
OpenAI said in June that "we don't believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default" as it "keeps the best tools" from users, businesses and others who need them.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
He’d bought insurance on a lot of truly crappy subprime mortgage bonds, created from loans made in 2005, but they were his credit default swaps.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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