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greater

[grey-ter] / ˈgreɪ tər /


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There should be greater public control of water companies, she added.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

For a period in the 1990s and early 2000s, it looked as if the country might be on a path toward lasting reforms and a greater openness to the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Erdogan said the pact emerged out of the "new circumstances" in the Middle East with regional players seeking to assume greater responsibility for their own security and stability.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Zuckerberg compared AI to previous technological advances and noted that each time humanity has come out of such a transformation, changes have led to more people sharing greater prosperity, health, and freedom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The dark grew greater, the lights further apart.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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