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[sis-tuhm] / ˈsɪs təm /




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It has been more than a decade since Iran was first cut off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, the messaging infrastructure of the global banking system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Under Maine’s system, candidates compete to be the first choice, but must also appeal to all voters as a viable second choice.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

But USAID’s disease surveillance system was largely shut down along with the organization.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

He and the government find themselves caught between an increasingly incensed public and a justice system whose magistrates and prosecutors refuse to be made scapegoats.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He had scrimped and saved enough money to build a home for elderly Jews in Hilversum—for the elderly of all faiths, in fact, for Willem was against any system of segregation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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