historically
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“Treasury historically has not offered the different kinds of payment resolution methods that the Education Department has had over the years.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The yen is once again approaching the potential intervention zone, within sight of the historically sensitive 160-163 range against the dollar, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
When RSI drops below 30, it’s seen as depicting an oversold condition, which just means the stock has suffered a historically extreme decline.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
As the sun began to set on campus at Jackson State University, a historically black college in Mississippi, students walking through the tree-shaded lawns spoke to the BBC about the race.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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