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Which Victorian author joined the Society for Psychical Research?

society

[suh-sahy-i-tee] / səˈsaɪ ɪ ti /




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If society adapts to rising temperatures—say, with more air conditioning—CBO forecasts rising temperatures will reduce Medicare spending on emergency care by $55 billion over that 45-year period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Which is the greatest cost to society? The bus is going to be more efficient.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Dr B Amo Konyak, a scholar of Konyak society, says the changes during this period were almost like a disappearance.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In an email released in civil litigation, Mitchell suggested the society make charitable donations — preferably in Maine — which would make it seem like a legitimate nonprofit.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“I get it. A hundred years ago is a different planet from today, and here you are, unable to enjoy any of the advancements society has made. Tough.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

In this view, fiction should not only reflect present flaws but also depict people and societies worth becoming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"It's extremely challenging for post-conflict societies to undertake a national reckoning or acknowledge responsibility for the crimes of the past."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Even so, many Western societies remain strongly resistant to entomophagy, or eating insects, despite the fact that hundreds of millions of people around the world already include insects in their diets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

He said societies should set aside jobs for humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Their many societies had developed rigid social and economic class structures in which wealth and power were concentrated among monarchies, aristocracies, and the Catholic Church.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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