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The word “credit” traces back to the Latin root for “to believe.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
"That way authorities can better root out digital deception like this and permanently remove the fraudsters responsible for what is a truly online scourge."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
He previously served as Mexico’s security minister, helping implement former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial “hugs, not bullets” strategy, which emphasized addressing the root causes of crime instead of military confrontations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Lower carbon dioxide emissions from soil in these areas often reflect declining root activity and shrinking microbial populations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
He pretended that he didn’t know that the square root of four was two.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing root
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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