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“Looking ahead, the governing board estimates that it will be appropriate to maintain the reference rate at its current level,” the bank said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The University of Cambridge uses the common definition of plagiarism as "passing off someone else's work as if it were your own without appropriate acknowledgement".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But ultimately, it was to sort of say goodbye in a way that he felt would be most appropriate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"The President was never in danger. We are continuing to review the incident and will implement any appropriate corrective actions based on our findings," it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In Auburn’s circles, spirits began performing all kinds of miracles, from flipping hats and playing the harp to suggesting appropriate medicines for sick relatives.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
The recently enacted budget appropriates money for detention facilities, but it doesn’t require children to be detained.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025
Reed included the language in a dedicated subsection of the Senate report accompanying the bill, which appropriates the money that funds the activities of the State Department among other priorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
On the other hand, it allocates — or appropriates — money to carry out those policies.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
The Park superintendent wants me to show ’em around the circuit a bit—have to be nice to congressmen, because Congress appropriates what little money we get to build trails with.
From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard
Every dollar appropriated, he added, would be used to build the "lethality" of US military forces and "reinforce peace through strength".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“We are not withholding any funds appropriated to, or available to, State,” they said.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Gen. Rob Bonta — and has requested $35 million in state funds to educate voters on any new midterm deadlines, though that funding has not been appropriated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
When Congress appropriated the $150 million, only one group—America250—was planning celebrations for the semiquincentennial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
John and the Williams boys had found one of these and appropriated it for themselves, a sort of clubhouse that was all their own.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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To Palantir’s old guard, the FDE remains as deeply misunderstood as ever, despite its newfound fame — a role that rivals are culturally appropriating while ignoring the often grueling engineering process it entails.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
The memo concluded that Congress still needs to pass “express language appropriating funds for back pay for furloughed employees, or such payments cannot be made.”
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025
This is not the first time that global brands have been accused to appropriating Indian traditional products without crediting their roots.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Its neighbor to the south, Greece, had objected for years to allowing the Balkan nation into the military alliance, asserting it was appropriating classical Greek heritage with its name.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
The Owner had always believed that there was really only one Talent you needed in this world: The Talent for appropriating other peoples Talents.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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