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That’s almost—word for word—what he said roughly 18 months ago.

It is why I chose to read it out, word for word, to the chancellor – scrutinising their promises on your behalf.

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That doesn’t mean your private chats about your colleague or spouse are going to show up word for word in someone else’s chat session a year or two from now.

The title came to her first — “At the Beach, in Every Life” — and the song poured out of her, nearly word for word.

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Often, “Eddington” plays out so formally and predictably that it’s like watching someone write out the thing that’s making them anxious on paper, word for word.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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