prospective
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Glencore, BHP Group and First Quantum are among companies with prospective copper projects in Argentina that require some $26 billion in new investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
In essence, the neighboring sale upped the ante as far as Behar’s listing is concerned—and also encouraged her agents to start thinking about other ways they could prove the home’s potential to prospective buyers.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Cal State L.A. will receive $48 million to add more students to its master of social work programs and provide more than 1,000 scholarships and grants for prospective students.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
On a notebook on her coffee table, she wrote Cynthia Renee Ortiz, doodling hearts around her prospective married name.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
He thought with a flicker of regret of the snapshots his mother used to send him from Calcutta, of prospective brides who could sing and sew and season lentils without consulting a cookbook.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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