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Prosecutors had asked for a stiff sentence for what they termed a “massive fraud” that involved hundreds of thousands of victims.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The judgement as to how far a victim can also be termed an accomplice is nuanced, says Bridgette Carr, professor of clinical law at Michigan University, who has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

After more than a decade, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis is termed out, opening a contest for a sprawling 1st District stretching from Silver Lake to Pomona that represents nearly 2 million people.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In 2021, as price growth began accelerating in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, Powell termed the increase transitory, a product of supply-chain bottlenecks and other post-Covid distortions that it assumed would resolve.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Who we are being so many hard facts held like candies or coins, just up one’s sleeve — one’s father, one’s mother, all the things that might quaintly be termed one’s station.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen