modern
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The actor feels modern culture increasingly pushes people, places and food towards uniformity because "we want everything to look the same, taste the same and be generic".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Macron’s decision in 2024 to dissolve the National Assembly produced the most fragmented National Assembly in the history of France’s modern Fifth Republic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
This was the seventh election since the creation of the modern Scottish Parliament in 1999 and the SNP's fifth victory in a row.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
“Previously, the Hadzabe were largely isolated from modern life, but not anymore,” said Daudi Peterson, an American who grew up in Tanzania.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
The height difference between the traditional corn, planted in a spiral, and modern, planted in a square, was minimal.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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