short answer
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"The short answer is: no, not always," says Shawn D'Souza, PhD student at CES and the study's lead author.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
As for the worst place for a child, "there isn't a super short answer," one of the report authors, Tom Slaymaker, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
When I asked Jaranilla about where his ramps came from, he replied: “The short answer is that I have a guy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
The short answer is that all tax codes will have some complications — and compared to the current code, these objections are minor.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
The short answer if you ask me was that nobody had the slightest clue but it sure didn’t stop them from pretending they did.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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