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“We’re constantly going back and forth making sure that regardless of whether we rent or own, we will be financially sound from now until our final days,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Volkswagen’s works council started to sound the alarm when Blume and his team moved from investing abroad to restructuring core operations at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Postproduction covers anything that happens in the final stages of filmmaking, including specialties like sound design and color grading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Europe's biggest street party continued on Monday with the adults' parade, live bands, more than 30 static sound systems and the scent of jerk chicken floating through the air.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
He watched vigilantly until the badger’s squat body disappeared through the trees, but he did not wait for the crackling sound of her departure.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"What we have today, by all indicators, is a much sounder picture" since 2023, Georgieva told a joint press conference with Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“This means a safer, sounder Fannie Mae, all while growing our great Fortune 25 Company.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
A productive clay-court swing, taking her to the Madrid and Rome finals, meant she arrived in Paris considered a sounder bet than defending champion Swiatek.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Democracies are sounder when the reason why some lose does not rest on the fact that they are invisible to those who make decisions,” Verba wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
He was sounder than he had been in two years.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
It’s one of the soundest pieces of investing advice: “Time in the market beats timing the market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
But most all, just one of the kindest and soundest soul you'll ever meet.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
Indeed, sometimes the most effective policymakers are not those with the best academic or regional résumés but those with the soundest temperament and judgment.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
With a sigh, I curled up on the edge of the bed and slept the soundest sleep of my entire sixteen years.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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