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[hou] / haʊ /


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In 2011, Dimon named him head of the mortgage department—replacing Scharf—after former Marine Captain Jonathan Rowles testified before Congress about how JPMorgan had illegally foreclosed on his house while he was serving on active duty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It said the school leaned on how applicants answered “hardship” questions — which ask students how they overcame disadvantages — as a proxy for race.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Tolman's point highlights an important question hanging over how trade apprentices are being taught today, as technology plays an increasingly bigger role.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Shay Boloor, chief market strategist at Futurum, noted that Kimi K3 was already trained before the issue emerged of how to serve the model at scale.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Joey has no idea yet how influential doctors will become in her life, but she knows this doctor is important to her.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The hows are easier to explain than the whys when it comes to all this madness, so let’s start there.

From Salon Nov. 7, 2023

Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.

From Scientific American Sep. 27, 2023

Its producer Chandni Ahlawat Dabas of India Today Originals Production says there were "whats, whys and hows" around this crime that still seemed unbelievable.

From BBC May 2, 2023

I love that Beranbaum specifies weights in grams as well as ounces, and almost every recipe includes pro tips that explain the whys, whats and hows behind her methods.

From Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2022

The officer with four stars kept asking him about the whys, whens, and hows of his family’s escape plan.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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