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Eiglarsh added that Brown will be given a withholding of adjudication, meaning he will not be considered a convicted felon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, super intelligence has a specific meaning within the tech community.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The confusion of the term’s meaning extends back to its origin—because, in fact, it was invented as the result of a communication error.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Maybe this is why I have long treated “Ask a Manager” as both advice column and anthropological expedition behind the cubicle wall, where completely ordinary behaviors can become freighted with professional meaning.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
All were answered either with silence, which the group took to mean No or with resonant raps or knocks meaning Yes.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Archaeologists work with excavated burials; “The Road to Hel” leads to the meanings behind the objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
His poetic titles often defy translation; their layered meanings and references can only be approximated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Yet their meanings can be altered simply by changing context or editing a caption.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“That’s right. So in the hourglass range of meanings you get death. In fact, after time, which is the first one, death is the second one.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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