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homework

noun as in assignment

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Heaven forefend that they be asked to complete multiple assignments in a week—like kids in grade school once were expected to do before schools started banning homework.

“We could meet off-camera and talk about issues. We’d say this is what we got, and the press would say ‘this is what we want to ask about,’ then we would do our homework.

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Her grandson sat at the kitchen table doing homework.

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Even Schwab cautioned that private markets are “highly illiquid,” and recommended investors do their homework, including seeking independent professional advice, before committing money.

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I would tell my scouts and coaches what I wanted and then did my homework on their recommendations and watched them in action.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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