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The hope is that Gen Z will still achieve these milestones, potentially just a little later on, and that salaries and employment rates will recover as this group progress into their 30s.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It’s a devilishly strategic move by director Taccone: Mr. Guilfoyle provides a rush of exhilarating wind through a movie that may have started to feel a little sticky, especially around the head wounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ford got a little help from what it’s long known for doing best.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
To understand how a court talks itself into that, you have to appreciate how little law there is to stop it.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
No, for the rest of his life, that little boy knew he’d never receive such a present.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The case for a surprise increase when the rate-setting committee meets Wednesday rests less on anything members of the panel have signaled than on whether Chairman Kevin Warsh supports one for reasons of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Morgan Stanley’s mortgage department exists to provide loans to its wealth-management clients, well-off individuals who are less likely to default in mass numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
To put that in context, the comparable total for U.S. equity funds and ETFs is less than 1% of assets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
His homecoming at the Stade de France in two months' time, against the Azzurri no less, is an ideal fixture to begin the new era.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instead of the stocky young man he’d fought less than a moon ago, he was facing a gaunt shadow ..
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The bulk of the money has been raised in the United States, and to a lesser degree in China.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Laura Parker, a lawyer for the center, said it can be hard for people to understand why a tiny lizard, or rare mussel species, or the lesser prairie chicken are worth preserving.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
A lesser politician might have called it a day and spared himself the headache of introducing more changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Whereas the federal incentive may have been enough to spark interest in a range of buyers, Moody said the lesser amount will probably appeal mainly to people who already have their eye on an EV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
How can you choose the lesser of two evils, when both evils are too great to measure?
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Though Disneyland Park’s littler and much younger sibling, the park has grown into a respectable offering, one that ranks among my favorite Disney parks in North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
"You wouldn't think there were that many places to hide but when Ramona was littler, I think she'd been in every cupboard in one of those trailers," says Drew-Honey, now 28.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
No surprise there—as the term accelerates toward a contentious finale, the tensions roiling major cases are bound to spill over into littler ones.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024
When it was time to make decisions, Greenlee consulted her littler sister, a tall and bright-eyed 14-year-old, who’s in her high school’s baking club.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
There were two littler fires burning in Hooperville.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Nonetheless, Kim forecast memory chip prices are likely to rise "at least 30 percent in the third quarter" with supply shortages likely to persist through to 2028.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The combined company has committed to at least 30 theatrical releases a year with a minimum 45-day exclusive theatrical window and has proposed making that commitment legally binding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Those studios that submitted at least 14 titles were “offered better display treatment on the portal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Third place is the least I expected this season, but, albeit only after two competitive games, we'll get nowhere near that.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“At least cut the dead branches off the wretched thing,” he says, his eyes trained on the board.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The littlest Mac has gone viral as a cost-effective way for AI power users to run local large language models that can eat up dozens of gigabytes of RAM, aka memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"He always has time to chat with every little one and has the ability to charm even the littlest of children who may be a little shy of a big man in a red suit."
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
They separate the haves from the have-nots with astonishing pay imbalances we wouldn’t permit even in the littlest leagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
Caiazzo was part of a research team that in 2021 reported on one with a petite diameter slightly larger than Earth's moon that boasted the greatest mass and littlest size of any known white dwarf.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023
Normally we’d bring everyone together for a smudge, but the air was dark and the littlest kids were safe on the back porch in rocking chairs with Minerva.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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