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“Paying MA plans more is likely an inefficient way of delivering better benefits to beneficiaries,” Fiedler said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Reining in that authority, however, would likely require the court’s member states to amend the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The wealth of artifacts discovered in the area likely informed its name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
U.S. consumer-price inflation data for September will be released on Wednesday as investors gauge the likely timing of the next interest-rate rise by the Federal Reserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“How will we explain ourselves? He ain’t likely to believe we’re stargazers.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
And the more new conditions a subscriber experienced, the likelier they were to switch to traditional Medicare, the study found.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yet pregnant women who get sick with Covid are likelier to experience severe illness, including “increased risk of complications that can affect your health and the health of your baby.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But plenty of pop stars, from Madonna to Britney Spears, have changed their brand as they age without losing faith from their fans, which means the likelier explanation for Swift’s dip in popularity is financial.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
But on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, users were likelier to stumble across news while doing something else.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Intelligent people are likelier than less intelligent ones to escape those causes of high mortality in traditional New Guinea societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
It’s considered in the climate community to be the likeliest proposal for offsetting about 1 degree Celsius of planetary warming that computer models attribute to accumulated emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The likeliest near-term explanation for that estimated $195-million opening, though, may have less to do with tone than with supply and brand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Currently, the likeliest answer, by some distance, is Manchester United.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Most analysts however still believe the likeliest outcome is that policymakers will keep the benchmark rate on hold at 2.25 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
‘That’s indeed the likeliest explanation,’ Inspector Pearce said.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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