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chapter

[chap-ter] / ˈtʃæp tər /


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The settlement marks another chapter in an ongoing battle between so-called gig economy platforms and municipal leaders.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Honesty has always been Griffin’s superpower, and in this new chapter it lends her the air of a happy warrior.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

For years, he’d been a classroom science teacher in suburban San Diego County, and now, with that chapter behind him, the trees have become his life.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

My best answer, after getting through the oddly robotic “personal growth” chapter and rereading that New York magazine profile, is “Work.”

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

I can’t really see any of them writing this chapter, though.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Elsewhere, Mr. Tommasini quotes the same remark from Anderson’s autobiography in two different chapters, a lapse better editing should have caught.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Joshua: My impression from conversations with people at national and local chapters is that this stuff has developed very much in an organic way.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In alternating, time-traveling, distinctly voiced chapters, the four quirky members of a modern Midwestern family spin on the tilted axis of Barbara, their dementia-impaired matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Still, references to dark chapters of his decades in absolute power are tightly censored in public discourse.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Hence the next four chapters will explore how the ultimate cause of food production led to the proximate causes of germs, literacy, technology, and centralized government.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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