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As the National Association of Scholars will soon publish in a comprehensive piece by S. Stanley Young and Warren Kindzierski, the Reference Manual pervasively scants the effects of modern science’s irreproducibility crisis.
Cork actor Hardwicke told the same programme he knew scant details about the Northern Bank robbery, before he read the script.
From BBC
Yet Moy receives scant mention in the many books on Motown history.
Notably, after long “wrestling with this decision,” Daines announced his intent a scant two minutes after the deadline passed for candidates to put their names on the ballot.
From Los Angeles Times
His daughter shared the basic information she had—offering scant clues, like how her dad wouldn’t wash the kelp.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
