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status

[stey-tuhs, stat-uhs] / ˈsteɪ təs, ˈstæt əs /


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The film, which stars Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, follows the “Thriller” hitmaker from his early career leading the Jackson Five to reaching pinnacle star status in the late ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

She was one of tens of thousands of young girls and women sent away to have their babies, hidden from society due to the shame of their unmarried status.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The thing is, Pratt made some strong points about the inefficiencies of L.A.’s political status quo and the outrage that is having tens of thousands of people live on our streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The trustees, however, include in their report an estimate of when the trust funds would be depleted if combined, in order to illustrate the actuarial status of the Social Security program as a whole.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

So we might want to claim that it is the book—or rather, in this case, the well-stocked library—that transforms the status of experiment; by crystallizing past knowledge, the library makes new knowledge possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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