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Bisignano was tasked with tackling complex back-office problems as JPMorgan looked to integrate the multiple companies it had acquired in a short number of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Officials say the true number of cases nationwide is likely higher because some people recover without medical care and are not tested for the parasite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It's been brutal, there's no two ways about it," England number 8 Earl said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Say adios to Argentina: For a great number of soccer fans, Argentina evoked the feeling of getting away with something.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Your brain has lots of synapses because the neurons are layered and clumped together so that the number of possible connections is huge.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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But as mayor, Burnham argued issues out of his control exacerbated the problem with the underlying housing shortage, cost-of-living pressures and refugees being evicted from hotels meaning the numbers have remained high.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The numbers have spiked since payments came due again following a lengthy pause intended to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
She calculated the numbers using a few key filters: first, she used personal consumption expenditure, the Fed’s stated preferred measure of inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The sheer scale of numbers is matched by their wild passion.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He’d trip up on the numbers and have to start over.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
He began his visit at a cemetery, pausing in prayer in an area where unidentified migrants are buried in numbered graves.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Descended from King Charles II and one of his mistresses, Richmond numbered among those aristocratic Whigs who dominated the British parliament in the 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In all, the workforce in the park numbered four thousand.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Bumblebees, by comparison, build nests underground in soil or leaf litter, and their colonies are much smaller, usually numbering between 50 and 500 individuals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Iranian authorities have a formidable internal security apparatus, numbering an estimated "850,000 agents of repression", Pierre Razoux, director of studies at the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, told French lawmakers on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
When Britain abolished slavery, many of the local inhabitants stayed on, numbering in the low thousands across several islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The Indian system of numbering allowed them to use fancy tricks to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers without using an abacus to help them.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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