idea
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Good Good CEO Matt Kendrick said the idea was a “failure within our marketing team.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But for some reason, the idea of paying $80 to attend this particular party really annoys me.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
You came to a pretty definitive idea about him on the show.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The team calls this idea the "Relativity of Spacetime Superpositions."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Trust me, it’s not my favorite idea either.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
That distinction has influenced ideas about whether the human-chimpanzee ancestor should have possessed feet more like those of modern apes or monkeys.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
“He’s cautious about how he reacts. … He doesn’t want people getting ideas on whether something is good or bad because he understands others have better product sense.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He eventually crossed over to Adult Swim, where he found a suitable home for his mischievous ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"What is particularly difficult for me to accept is that his ideas are not dead," the 74-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Okay. First. Do you consider the ideas and beliefs you’ve learned within your group are the way forward in solving the problems in the world?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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