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That final tally will include nearly 400,000 so-called "special votes" -- among them around 100,000 votes cast overseas and by people within New Zealand but outside the local electorate in which they live.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
"With regard to even the so-called scary elements, we strove to add a touch of the comical."
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
That push for so-called sovereign AI is central to its planned merger with Germany’s Aleph Alpha, announced earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The so-called breadth of job creation has become an increasingly important measure of the labor market’s health this year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The so-called cootie garages, which Anne and Ernestine now detested, had been the style several years before, and still were worn by girls who hadn’t bobbed their hair.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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Booked
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