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Once again, our wise old flounder—I mean, founder—has provided a sensible solution, and written in plain English, too.”

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“What does negative gamma mean in plain English? It means dealers amplify every move instead of dampening it,” McGraw said, explaining that when markets start to sell off, those traders must sell more futures to hedge their positions.

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"Instead of juggling 10 links with search, you get a brief synthesis that you can edit and iterate in plain English," he says.

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In plain English: If you can name a fetus, we might declare it a constitutional person.

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He also seems like a genuine person, happy to speak in plain English, instead of parroting focus group-shaped talking points that often make Democrats seem inauthentic, reinforcing fears that they’re out of touch.

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

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