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system

[sis-tuhm] / ˈsɪs təm /




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“You hear so often, ‘the system is broken.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The government said students had been let down by "incompetence or abuse of the system".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

As an example, a car might have a ton of steel in it, generating a tariff of $500 under the old system.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Wilson called Germany’s system of relatively unimpeded state power “nearly perfected.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Charlie Ledley and Ben Hockett returned from Las Vegas on January 30, 2007, convinced that the entire financial system had lost its mind.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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