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individual

[in-duh-vij-oo-uhl] / ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl /




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The press coverage then identified the crew but not the dead Mexican workers, whose individual stories were finally told 70 years later in Tim Z. Hernandez’s book “All They Will Call You.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

"It's been fantastic to see Sam sharing the importance of that, he's a phenomenal individual for telling his story."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

"The individual loses out, the family is torn apart, and society pays the price for this," he told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The more important innovation was moving beyond individual projects to change the market conditions for alternative supply chains.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

I open each of our individual text threads, but we hardly use those.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Many of these names were already known to be in the files, and we should be clear that there is no explicit evidence that those individuals have committed crimes.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

All land that tourist development happens on belongs, in some way, to someone: the state, indigenous people, or individuals.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

These occur when an individual gains a beneficial mutation that gives it an advantage over closely related individuals, allowing its descendants to become dominant.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

“But it’s hard to say top to bottom that the collection of individuals is not very special.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

In any case thousands of individuals remained, most of them constellated in urban areas where they could physically see one another, take heart at their mutual presence.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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