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“What kept them once upon a time, and still does, was/is sheer breadth, i.e. ‘always having something to watch.’

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Yes, one can fantasize about the end result of a good haul, i.e. crab cakes, crab cocktail and/or Crab Louie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

As job gains have slowed, consumption has instead been underpinned by strong real wage growth, i.e., wages that have outpaced inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

But, as perhaps you have noticed, they trend toward the religious, mythic or historic, i.e. dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Most of GGS concerned differences between continents: i.e., the question of why some Eurasians rather than Aboriginal Australians, sub-Saharan Africans, or Native Americans were the ones to expand over the world within the past millennium.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond