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“My thought was, there must be a proper rate for all these exposures — why not all in one company?” he explained to The Times in a 2006 profile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Farmers are willing to grow avocados, but they need proper guidance and assured markets," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A judge later ordered that the case move to a Manhattan court after city lawyers argued that borough was the proper jurisdiction because that is where the rent freeze vote took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The more important conversation is how to hold individual bad actors accountable so that law enforcement can use new technology to keep us safe without overstepping proper limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
What would a proper big brother say in a moment like this?
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing proper
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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