been around
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Mr. Stob, a professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University, points out that “the idea of correlating outward appearance with interior mental abilities had been around for millennia.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
A medication that has been around for decades and used to treat several conditions, including a chronic parasitic infection, is now emerging as a potential option for patients with a different and far rarer disease.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
But horror stories have been around forever — and never in such profusion as they are now, to the point that there is little new under the bloody sun.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
BDCs have been around for decades, but CLO ETFs are a relatively new asset that developed after 2020.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
He has been around the block, let me tell you, being born in South Africa and spending his youth here and there, partly even in Texas, from what I gather.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
