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[turm] / tɜrm /






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As you point out, everything changes when the initial term ends.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Most recently, the Chinese leader’s purge has even swallowed the network of the man who once ran it: Wang Qishan, the enforcer Xi trusted to hunt “tigers”—Beijing’s term for high-ranking officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Poidatz said that a better distribution of profits would produce a more "virtuous" long-term model which would, in his view, also prove "much more competitive in the medium term".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Last summer, 20-year-old Mide Awosika thought she had secured her dream flat ahead of starting a new term at Queen Mary University in London.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In 1836, near the end of Jackson’s second term, Congress adopted a gag rule that banned any discussion of petitions or legislation related to slavery.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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