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CPI could edge higher to 3.3% from 3.2% in August, mainly driven by higher food prices, ANZ’s Jennifer Kusuma said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
But mainly the film is a character study that uses fantasy and dreams to create a poignant yet disarmingly funny exploration of the mindset of someone crazed by grief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Filmed mainly in Munich, Germany, it featured 10 actors of restricted growth who played the Oompa Loompas - the factory's workers.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Their analysis showed that the longer melt season was caused mainly by later autumn freeze up, rather than by a large shift toward much earlier spring melting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
We obviously have no written records from the age of foragers, and the archaeological evidence consists mainly of fossilised bones and stone tools.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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