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In 2025, the organization announced that the Oscars will introduce a new category at the 2028 ceremony for achievement in stunt design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I especially empathized in these moments with the men whose sentences put them in the category of “long-termers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The book became an Amazon top seller in its category for several weeks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
As well as Iraq and Afghanistan, he also served in the Caribbean during Hurricane Irma - a category five hurricane that killed 55 people when it hit the region in 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Where did you come up with that category?"
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Research-and-development spending rose 22.3% during the quarter as SharkNinja increased hiring and invested in new product categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Johnston said Disney sold Super Bowl spots to 58 brands across 34 product categories, including financial services, candy, personal care and software.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Their arguments fall into several categories, and let me address each in turn.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sales increased across all four major product categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Guides to English grammar were written as pedagogical steppingstones to mastery of Latin grammar, and they tried to shoehorn English constructions into the categories designed for Latin.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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