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The payment is made with a token, which is a substitute for the user’s actual card details, so those details aren’t shared with the business or agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
"It's been eight years... Hopefully today we put a line through it and we're done and we can all move on to much more fun topics, like actual cricket."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
This time, investors can buy stock ahead of the actual event.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
They do not mean that people consuming energy drinks face an 11 times greater actual risk of cardiac arrest or a 4.5 times greater risk of having a heart attack.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
We were looking good now, like an actual schoolroom.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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