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"Channel 4 has never been dismissive of the matters raised in the Panorama programme," Dogra responded, adding that the phrase had been "taken out of context by the BBC".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The coming generation of mega-IPOs may finally expose to the average investor the fiction embedded in the phrase “passive investing.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
“When it happens” — the phrase became a meme almost overnight, as Troy Farah recently observed, in no small part because, even in our attention-addled age, people understand what it means.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
The phrase might also carry a double meaning, one Grohl is still parsing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
These themes are often complete melodies with many phrases, but a single phrase can be taken from the melody and used as a motif.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Vocabulary lists containing phrase
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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