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CCC+TL offers a possible answer by giving the early Universe substantially more time to develop.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Asked how her idea of success has changed over the years, she pauses, struggling briefly to find an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Pressed as to whether Cummins, who has been Australia's Test captain since 2021, knew of the ball-tampering, Khawaja said: "I'm not going to answer that."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Mr. Trump: I mean, it’s such an easy answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“You would tell me,” Aunt Tess says again, but this time she doesn’t say it as a question, she says it as an affirmation that she already knows the answer to.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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A Michigan maker of air vents suddenly was inundated with orders from mysterious buyers, setting off a frantic search for answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
It reminded me of being a kid who raised his hand and waited his turn while everyone else shouted out answers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The House Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee need to try to document the answers to questions like: Where did that money go?
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
With Arsenal edging past Hull earlier in the day and keeping another clean sheet, City head into the international break searching for answers after a 3-1 loss and six points behind the champions.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Mirror Tech was getting farther and farther away and he felt like the answers he needed were receding with it.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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When AFP called the number listed on Megaspeed's website, the person who answered said they were unfamiliar with the company and that the number was a residential line.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
This week he answered questions from a woman who wants to contest her father’s will, which was changed suddenly to leave everything to her brother.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
When he answered, “Of course not,” Mr. Parish asked, “Then why would you think anyone else who keeps kosher would eat here?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In the end, this will be the most important question to be answered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
In just a few weeks, the spirit had answered so many questions so accurately that residents felt responsible for finding the peddler’s murderer.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Baillie was thrust into the spotlight in 2008 when Brand and Jonathan Ross left offensive messages about her on her grandfather's answering machine during a Radio 2 broadcast.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
He said he’s worked 40 years and doesn’t want to spend five more answering emails and chasing invoices.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
In a vision statement, Nusseibeh pledged “speaking frankly with every government and answering to none. There will be no exemptions for friends and no grudges against critics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
AI agents are programs that can carry out multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf -- such as searching for products, comparing prices and completing a purchase -- rather than only answering questions as chatbots do.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
A moment later, there it is: a delicate, answering trill.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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