shape
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While the inflationary case for tightening is clear, the decision carries the risk of slowing economic growth and curbing investment just as Japan’s economic recovery was taking shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
During closing statements of the appeal on Wednesday, Sioned Davies, for Countryside Matters, which is against the plans, said the proposal would shape how Wales treats development in the countryside.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
‘Squeezing more life out of every dollar’: How inflation is forcing a new reality on American families and amplifying the economy’s ‘K shape’
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Clutching a mysterious tool the shape of a mouse coffin, Firth’s villain tracks Daniel’s location by mentally transplanting himself into another person’s body, changing the color of their pupils to his own icy blue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Nim stumbled and nearly dropped her flashlight, but she could see Selkie’s shape, darker than the night, and heard her bark, deeper than the wind.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing shape
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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