whole
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The situation has been described by the London Assembly as an "existential challenge" for the city as a whole, so what are the reasons behind this and what can be done about it?
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Gregory Baszucki’s holds at least $68 million—and possibly a whole lot more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He’s pretty strong, so he’s capable of lifting lots of canned goods, but he’ll have the whole football team on hand for support.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Novartis confirmed its targets for 2026 and said it is still aiming for "low single-digit" sales growth for the whole year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
This dog would appear suddenly at the garden gate, and bark at her, his whole body shaking with fury.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Food, trinkets and paper offerings are also extended to ancestors or deities, including wholes chickens, fruit, tea, sculptures, incense and candles.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022
Fragments force quick reading, ask for impressionistic understanding, and suggest parts rather than wholes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Saar hops, skips and jumps among media, extracting the best of each and creating wholes greater than the sum of their parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
“But sometimes those halves drift apart, and only when they heal and grow can they become whole for themselves again. Two halves don’t make a whole, two wholes make a whole.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
As wholes, or parts, with movement or just motionless figures, with special attention to the color spots or ignoring them, with lots of ideas or just a few stereotyped responses.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry (Base List)
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