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For Warsh, a Democratic Senate could mean leading the Fed for the next two years without much say in who helps him run it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

So I mean, my sister, you know, she doesn’t go back down that path every day.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

It does not mean that Roblox, the biggest gaming site in the UK for eight to 12-year-olds for example, will be banned for under-16s.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

“That can mean something’s gone wrong and your investment thesis can be under strain,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

‘The Prophecy,’ Renn said coldly, ‘could mean two different things. If you hadn’t run away, you would have learnt that.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

When correlations are low, it means a rising tide is no longer lifting all boats, like it normally would.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

“To win this means everything, it’s the best thing that could happen. We really worked hard in practice and stuck together as a team.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

"That means the robot will also recognise you by looking at you, and it will remember what you ordered last time, and accordingly it will be able to give you better suggestions."

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

That means that many layoffs that get attributed to AI could actually just be the result of management miscalculations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

And the shoes on its front look more like loafers than track spikes, but it still means the same thing: first place.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Financial Times's Danny Leigh dished out three stars, saying it paints a "portrait of tech rendering the young both sadder and meaner".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

So instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

In turn, increased efficiency allows them to be meaner toward prospective employees.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

“Some people are more culpable than others. They get more jokes made about them, and the jokes are meaner because they're doing things that are worse,” Bee says.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025

She got meaner and I think it was because she didn’t like rules either.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos

And more than a few of my closest, meanest friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

But the standout character is "queen bee" Regina, head of the Plastics clique and the meanest of the mean girls.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

So, whenever my phone lights up, I can trust that I’m about to read the meanest, funniest joke imaginable about, like, Marco Rubio.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025

The Pettus family is the meanest upriver family of all.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But severe recent outages hitting the municipal water service in some Batam communities meant "sometimes I skipped my shower".

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

European Union prosecutors have begun investigating the possible misuse of EU funds meant for upgrading the Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people last week.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

But when Bacon went to make these marks, there was no turning back—his technique meant that any errant or misplaced additions were irreversible and the work would be ruined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

We’re intruders, stealing glimpses of a private domestic drama not meant for our prying eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

With every realm open, she could end up somewhere she was never meant to be.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

A contracting ratio suggests the market will likely become more correlated over time, meaning individual stocks within the S&P 500 are starting to move in the same direction.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

To overcome these limitations, the MIT team investigated whether NK cells could instead be engineered "in vivo," meaning directly inside the body.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Despite being "constantly busy", Rowlands said he and his wife have been unable to meet the threshold, meaning they pay 200% tax on their holiday home.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

"You could not have chosen a people who better understand the meaning of the word 'freedom'," he told the foundation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

I stare at her as the meaning behind her words seeps in.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko