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“It was always, then as now, designed to be an opening wedge in an effort to delegitimize whatever it was for everyone.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2023

It’s the opening wedge of a wireless challenge to cable broadband.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2015

“From my perspective, this is the opening wedge in a larger battle to bring transparency to government,” said Blakeslee, who served as Assembly minority leader from 2009-2010.

From Washington Times May 6, 2015

The plant was viewed as the opening wedge in a new re-industrialization of the Hudson River valley, considering Con Ed’s plans for the region this was not an unrealistic or paranoid view in the 1960s.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2015

He had an intuitive feeling that if he licked this current assignment it'd be the opening wedge he needed and he'd wind up in a status bracket unique for his age.

From Status Quo by Mack Reynolds




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