modern
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Facing nothing like today’s environmental review, occupational safety regime or modern product-liability law, Edison promised investors a minor invention every 10 days and a big thing every six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Having grown up on a council estate in Belfast, Craig moved to Manchester in 2003 at the age of 18 to study politics and modern history at the University of Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
From fast-paced World War II history to a slow-burn rescue in rural Wyoming, along with an art-world mystery and a punchy look at modern America, you’ll find something to galvanize your bedside book stack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It’s a modern kind of feminism that embraces self assurance and femininity on your own terms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was a young man and altogether a more modern figure, in low shoes.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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