past
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Past Republican candidates, including businessman John Cox in 2018 and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman in 2010, have self-financed their campaigns with their vast fortunes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Past performance on at least one of those measures seems to have some predictive value, Bendable found.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Past forced contact with outsiders brought trauma, including disease outbreaks that devastated Indigenous populations lacking immunity.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Past directors have included physicists, chemists and computer scientists.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Past the gate, the Yards was a labyrinth of brick walls the color of spoiled meat, smoke-guttering flues, and rickety wooden ramps crammed within two square kilometers.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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