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One reason Ukrainian-made steel may be more expensive and less attractive to EU importers is that, without verified actual emissions data, they would need to pay according to the default values.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The case asks whether the Fourth Amendment still means what Americans think it means as surveillance becomes automated, invisible, and broad enough to treat entire groups of ordinary people as searchable by default.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
The staff presentation did reference YouTube as being blocked by default but accessible by teachers for instructional purposes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
In November 2016, Chopra told Epstein by email that “sleep is consciousness in its default mode.”
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Most of them still had no idea that their champion stock picker had become so diverted by these esoteric insurance contracts called credit default swaps.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing default
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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