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While this decline is hardly trivial, it’s worth noting that in 2007, the actual rates were 4.9 and 5.9 percentage points lower for women and men, respectively.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Busloads of international tourists rolled up to the actual Bagdad Cafe on a cracked, sunbaked stretch of Route 66.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I asked questions about the technology and how the process would work; it was firm in saying I could get answers only at the actual appointment, which I could reserve with a Venmo payment.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Jain said there was now more agreement in AI circles that "actual near-term harms" needed to be better understood.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
She still knows more about bees than anyone who isn’t an actual beekeeper because she got so into her sixth-grade science fair project.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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