express
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"The protest will continue until people in every corner in the world can express their sexuality safely and proudly."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
But she opposes funding for the express purpose of buying and producing more missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Pronto advertises hourly services ranging from window cleaning to "after-party express clean-ups", while Urban Company offers everything from repairs to salon treatments at the touch of a button.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
No. As a born-and-raised Mainer, I’ve followed many a social media thread in which former Platner supporters express suspicion that his replacement won’t reflect the progressive platform they voted for.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
It is impossible to express with what acuteness I felt the convict’s breathing, not only on the back of my head, but all along my spine.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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"Glioblastoma is metabolically reprogrammed and expresses GLUT1 at three times the levels of normal brain tissue, so the particles preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue after crossing the blood-brain barrier," Olena Taratula said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
With gathering intensity, she expresses the tangle of emotions embedded in Bertolt Brecht’s lyrics—cynicism, denial, pain, confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The second label applies to "AI-assisted" music recording which are still "created substantially by humans and expresses human creativity" but contain "some expressive elements" that were generated with AI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Like victims and survivors, the worker expresses frustration that, after decades of investigations and political debate, many of the fundamental questions remain unanswered.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Music expresses identity, and children often take part in family celebrations that represent an ethnic or religious heritage.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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At the time, the country’s foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu said that a U.S. official had expressed interest in the case.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if they were being recorded in secret.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
This has been whispered about and lamented since the COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary theater closures across the country that have since become permanent, but it is rare to hear it expressed so candidly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Federal Judge David Carter, who presided over a lawsuit against the city, expressed astonishment at the findings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He had always expressed affection for Anna—“We were mighty good friends,” he said—and during another visit Mollie could see him huddled with Ernest, apparently talking about hunting down whoever had murdered her sister.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Katherine’s family issued a statement expressing their heartbreak over her death.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is part of a growing chorus of online media companies expressing frustration with the tech giant as AI changes the way people ask questions, siphons off search traffic and upends publishers’ revenue models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We have consistently made clear our expectations that charges should reflect the gravity of the tragedy. This includes the Prime Minister and I expressing these expectations directly to our respective counterparts."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The protesters, many of them carrying the Ukrainian flags and placards expressing support for Fedorov, gathered in the capital for the second day running to protest the decision, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“How can you be so sure?” asked Fadi, expressing his worst fear, which he’d never spoken out loud.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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