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[prez-uhnt] / ˈprɛz ənt /








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When they are present in a picture, “we are led by them to believe what the artist sees.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Symptoms of infections by cyclosporiasis can take about two weeks to present.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

If a legislator is visiting for an inspection, they are now required to present privacy waivers for each detainee they want to speak with, which must be signed by the detainee.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The team identified more than 100 cases in which a sweetener's effect changed when another compound was present.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

“Is this the present you’ve been whispering about for a month now?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"He presents himself as the best surgeon in Kyrgyzstan, but he's just a kind of 'butcher' of Kyrgyzstan," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Inspired by Christopher Nolan’s new film, the streaming service presents a collection of cinematic journeys, though it sometimes wanders far from the Homeric source.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Silver said his “timeline remains this summer” to make his findings known after high-powered New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz wraps up its investigation and presents the findings to the NBA.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Torsten Slok, Apollo chief economist, presents a new study from Ramp, linking AI spending to workforce records across 21,559 U.S. firms.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Copernicus presents his ideas hypothetically; Galileo says he has confirmed them with his telescope; and Kepler whispers in his ear, saying, ‘If only you could confirm it by flying there!’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The ETS shake-up was presented alongside an electrification action plan, which the commission said is aimed at reducing the gap between electricity prices and fossil-fuel costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The team's latest discoveries were recently presented during a public lecture series held at the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Philology and Communication in the Gabriel Oliver room.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Justice Mwamuye also found that the evidence presented on the centrality of cannabis to the Rastafari faith was inconsistent and insufficient to establish that its use was an essential element of the religion.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Then Sotomayor spent three pages on the Title IX question, concurring with the majority that West Virginia’s approach to athletics does not violate Title IX—as the plaintiff presented her argument.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

Or, in the case of Gibby’s apartment, being presented with an equation that didn’t quite make sense.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

However, all of the new trio's salaries represent a wide variety of sports presenting work across the BBC, not just Match of the Day.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

We look forward to presenting that evidence to a jury.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

What a happy crowd they looked, even presenting President Trump with his own jersey, No. 47.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

The practice of museums collaborating with fashion houses, tapping their archives and presenting their designs, is today widespread, and fashion as a legitimate form of art is now celebrated throughout the world.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

The network should be banned from presenting such a program ever again, she wrote.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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