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Derived from waste, these propellants are also part of the EU's climate plans.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Derived from the countywide homeless database, it includes every veteran who has been identified by outreach workers and verified as veterans, eliminating some who falsely claim veteran status.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
Derived from the Italian word for trust, these rings depicting two clasping hands were commonly used in ancient Rome, typically as a wedding ring or symbol of faithful love.
From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024
Derived from the ancient Greek word telein, which means to "fulfill," it was an object that – like an amulet – protected the bearer and facilitated good fortune.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022
Derived from the Gaelic mullach, a promontory or island; as Mull of Galloway, Mull of Cantyre, Isle of Mull.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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