idea
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The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected the idea immediately: Schröder, she said, would be "sitting on both sides of the table".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“In an environment that’s so primitive, the idea that you’re going to get this done quickly, the speed they’re suggesting inevitably generates some doubts,” said Grisanti.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A senior presidential official has floated the idea of a "national dividend", arguing that excess AI-related tax revenue could be used to support social welfare programmes.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”
From Slate • May 26, 2026
The idea is to shoot the gophers as they pop up out of their holes, but as I watch the guy ahead of me, my heart sinks.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing idea
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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