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express

[ik-spres] / ɪkˈsprɛs /






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But she opposes funding for the express purpose of buying and producing more missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Pronto advertises hourly services ranging from window cleaning to "after-party express clean-ups", while Urban Company offers everything from repairs to salon treatments at the touch of a button.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

"This is the second Big Problem my GP has caught early and it is frankly impossible to adequately express my gratitude," she wrote.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

No. As a born-and-raised Mainer, I’ve followed many a social media thread in which former Platner supporters express suspicion that his replacement won’t reflect the progressive platform they voted for.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

He sought to provide authentic ways for children to express themselves and developed scaffolding to better harness and understand children’s musical development.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"Glioblastoma is metabolically reprogrammed and expresses GLUT1 at three times the levels of normal brain tissue, so the particles preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue after crossing the blood-brain barrier," Olena Taratula said.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Wearing overalls and a cap emblazoned with "Billionaire's Boys Club", he expresses profound regret over the seven years he has worked as a goon.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Like victims and survivors, the worker expresses frustration that, after decades of investigations and political debate, many of the fundamental questions remain unanswered.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

“The Little Sister” leaves much unspoken, which is fitting for a protagonist who rarely expresses herself in clear terms.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Is the explanation any more absurd than that accepted by those who believe the woman who maintains that she is the channel through which a 35,000-year-old man expresses himself?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

At the time, the country’s foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu said that a U.S. official had expressed interest in the case.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

The inquiry had previously heard "grave concerns" expressed about the widespread use of Oxevision technology, which monitors patients in their rooms using infrared sensors and cameras.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

This has been whispered about and lamented since the COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary theater closures across the country that have since become permanent, but it is rare to hear it expressed so candidly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Google has been expanding its efforts to put orbital data centers in space as it ramps up its AI development, and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has expressed interest in the unproven technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

On Friday, July 18, ten thousand packinghouse workers expressed their dissatisfaction by walking off the job.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Katherine’s family issued a statement expressing their heartbreak over her death.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Some 350 authors in the Anthropic lawsuit opted out of the settlement, with some expressing objections and betting they can recover significantly more through individual litigation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"Some start wearing shorter skirts or dyeing their hair. Once people begin expressing themselves, it affects a system where everyone is supposed to think and move together."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The protesters, many of them carrying the Ukrainian flags and placards expressing support for Fedorov, gathered in the capital for the second day running to protest the decision, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“Just why do you think,” he resumed when he had finished, looking up, “that you made those two statements expressing contradictory emotional responses to the fish?”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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