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in plain English







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If a lawyer is going to charge a contingency fee, the client should be told, in plain English, what the lawyer knows about the underlying claim value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A particular challenge is Claude Code, a magic box that takes your words in plain English and converts them into real software before your eyes.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Here’s the investment case in plain English: The science works.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

"Instead of juggling 10 links with search, you get a brief synthesis that you can edit and iterate in plain English," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

“Your wife and I?” she said in plain English.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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