idea
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But growing research is complicating the idea that these alternatives are automatically healthier.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
But pulling that idea out of the multiplex, admitting that you think so little of your fellow Americans that you would champion a movie like “Idiocracy,” should inspire some shame.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
So your tracker has a really good idea of your heart rate asleep, and long-term tracking can reveal shifts in fitness or onset illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Although Kroenke was not addressing this idea of an unbeaten season, why not?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I have had an idea, Elizabeth, in the night, a wonderful idea, a grand idea. A secret.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov called the talks "extremely frank", saying the Americans "put forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement", but did not elaborate.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
He and Holland initially thought they were simply part of a wider audition process, but then found themselves repeatedly being invited into writers' rooms and asked for their views on ideas for the show.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
She’s delivered masterful musical dissertations that challenge rigid ideas of “genre” and reemphasized the Black origins of traditions like country, rock and Americana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The ideas that they have in there are pretty modern,” said John C. Atwater, founder of real-estate investment and management firm Prime Residential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I looked around at his congregation of sturdy villagers and farmers and saw that they did not care for such ideas.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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