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[then] / ðɛn /




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Recruits are then paid up to a thousand dollars per report through payment platforms.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“We think of this as having a bouncer at the front door looking at what’s coming in, and then another bouncer at the back door being like, ‘Well, what’s going out?’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Raman then went on the dance floor to greet well-wishers, pumping her fist while a DJ blasted Daft Punk’s “Lose Yourself to Dance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Options players are buying volatility in individual stocks so they can sell calls — obligations to buy a stock — to clients, then selling index volatility.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

I still feel like I did back then.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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