department
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“Americans are clearly adopting AI, but they are doing so with deep hesitation, not deep trust,” said Chetan Jaiswal, associate chair at Quinnipiac’s department of computing.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Flow is hospital jargon for the timely movement of patients from the emergency department to other parts of the hospital for treatment.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“We are grateful that the family is safe and commend our officers for their swift response,” the department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Mamdani's plans for a new department of community safety - to rely on social workers rather than police for non-criminal emergencies - also have proven harder to achieve.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Once, she told me that she wanted to participate in a sit-in at the lunch counter of the Woolworth’s, a retail department store chain, on Main Street in Hampton.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The Vocabulary of College
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Western Europe - Introductory
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