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[sim-uh-ler] / ˈsɪm ə lər /


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Student-loan originations more than doubled to a record $2.6 billion, while home loans saw similar growth, reaching $1.2 billion in originations with strong contributions from home-equity loans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Their livers also did not develop severe disease or tumors, despite having similar levels of initial DNA damage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Levin has backed candidates before who faced similar doubts about their viability.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

Hammett adds insights from the work could help improve current policing methods that might reduce the chances of similar cases going unsolved in the future.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Stowe later claimed to have written as if in a trance, similar to the Spiritualists’ automatic writing: “I did not write it … God wrote it … I merely did his dictation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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