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[steyt] / steɪt /






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They point, essentially, to test scores that are lower than the state average, lower than other charters and lower than nearby district-operated “comparison” schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Inside the state agency, emails obtained by ProPublica show, officials scrambled to approve the request.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

After California’s primary day came and went, and poll workers continued to count mail ballots, as per state law, Pratt’s loss became more apparent.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Nigeria has become the latest African state to repatriate some of its citizens from South Africa following a rise in anti-migrant sentiments in the country.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In Deadwood, the leaves grew in a perpetual state of fall: crisp and colorful and lazily slumping toward the forest floor.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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