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Today’s media-verse is so fractured and bifurcated along political lines, I just assumed that confirmation bias would drive most folks toward friendly sources, i.e. what they want to hear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Banknotes were merely promises to pay money, i.e., credit, not the monetary real McCoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Magnons are quasiparticles, i.e. groups of particles behaving as if they were individual particles instead.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

“If this is it – i.e. no prolonged conflict a la Iraq 2 – we can expect markets to look through the noise and this change to persist.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

He was able to pay other people to work for him, i.e. the dry cleaners, taxi drivers, waitresses, etc.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou