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answer

[an-ser, ahn-] / ˈæn sər, ˈɑn- /






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He began knocking her front door, and it felt like quite a while without an answer.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Maybe the answer to slumping sales and customer fatigue isn’t splashy, headline-grabbing hires or empty collabs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Let me just give the strict legal answer, and maybe we can pan out from there.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

One month of data can’t definitively establish a trend, or answer whether the present cohort of first-time buyers are particularly wealthy, Yun notes.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

He and Anna May were clearly waiting for a better answer.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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