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“That’s why we’re now carrying out this technical study with the idea that, if and when treatment is needed in the future, it will help inform the treatment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Aggregate data can help identify broad trends and inform how the commission allocates its enforcement resources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"The sex differences observed in OPA1 responses and obesity susceptibility may help inform the development of obesity treatments that take them into account, as well as future personalized medicine approaches."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
We talked about In re Turner pushing back against racialized apprenticeship laws to expand the 13th Amendment and inform the 14th Amendment.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
But if Nehemia left before she was supposed to, the duke would know who had told her, and inform his father.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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"Even when there is an accident or mechanical fault, the water guard quickly informs the control room and a rescue boat is deployed in record time," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many interesting facts are dispensed in passing: During the summer in Texas, Mr. Smil informs us, an 800-square-foot swimming pool will lose about 185 gallons of water a day to evaporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
This partly informs the team’s forecast for Fed policy through 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
“His insistence on color saturation is something that really informs his work for ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ and it’s really that movie that cements his reputation as one of the masters of scenic art.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“That’s right, I forgot—the air-conditioner doesn’t work,” Alyssa informs us.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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However, Firdevs has told us sperm procurement was not part of her job and she did not know patients were being informed otherwise.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday said it had informed France that the two French diplomats would not be allowed to return to Iran.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Woodley’s work was informed by a cousin who’s a midwife, friends who are parents and a few births she’s attended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her love of acting informed her innovative choreography, which emphasized character development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Farmer informed me that Bayona had located rather quickly ten people in Carabayllo with probable MDR, and Jaime was sure he could have found more.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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"Before this happened things were going great. The audiences were beautiful, so supportive and warm, then I woke up to the email informing me things had been stolen," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He cited historical analogues, recent jobs data and his own personal use of AI for parenting and fitness as informing his positive outlook on the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The media cited Australian foreign ministry letters sent to the families of the two citizens killed, informing them that Laos would charge the operator of the Tiger brand of alcohol with operating illegally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
USC spokesperson Megan Jordan said in a statement the university has been informing students of the new loan limits and provided a list of “preferred” private lenders they can use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
At the same time, he didn't want to get arrested before voluntarily informing the FBI.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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