object
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Did the keepers of Christie’s legacy object to anything in your manuscript?
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 22, 2026
The Justice Department in June closed an investigation of Paramount’s Warner bid before career staffers who were concerned about the acquisition had an opportunity to object, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 22, 2026
Any analysis that requires drilling or removing part of a specimen permanently alters an object that cannot be replaced.
From Science Daily β Sep. 20, 2026
It’s an object lesson that fits a broader pattern: For more than a decade now, one man’s flights of fancy have inevitably become the country’s pressing concerns.
From Slate β Sep. 17, 2026
Kessler held a small object up close to his face.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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As the young Solar System began assembling solid objects such as planets, moons, and protoplanets, two major types of material were available.
From Science Daily β Sep. 23, 2026
"We have seen that vibrating objects can exhibit quantum behavior, which is the prerequisite for many of the operations needed by quantum computing and sensing."
From Science Daily β Sep. 22, 2026
Cole said many African art collectors favor figures and masks rather than the utilitarian and nontraditional objects Wolfe pursued.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 22, 2026
Some of the newly uncovered objects are from the city’s unsuccessful attempts to build jetties in the early 1900s, before the Army Corps of Engineers took over, said local historian William Lobdell.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 22, 2026
These objects often ended up in Paris, and once in Paris, they often ended up in the Trocadéro.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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However, the proposed transformation sparked fierce backlash from neighbors, who objected to the scale of the project.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 21, 2026
When engineers objected, saying they should focus on fixing existing platform issues, Coplan sometimes told them to build them with AI instead, former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 20, 2026
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., was among several venues that objected to hosting Sheeran’s tour if Macklemore remained on the bill.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 16, 2026
Bond said that he did not object to paying council tax at his mother's property, but it was purely the extra charge he objected to.
From BBC β Sep. 7, 2026
Her mailbox filled with letters from suffrage sympathizers who objected to picketing during the war.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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According to minutes from a Thursday hearing on the matter, Rockwell concluded that, to the extent the measure’s backers object to that language, they are objecting to “the provisions of the measure itself.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 7, 2026
While objecting to the subpoenas in court, the company simultaneously convinced the DOJ to drop the case, he said.
From Salon β Jun. 10, 2026
In dissent, Judge Allison Eid wrote that Project Soy didn’t lack economic substance, partly because the government was just objecting to the timing of the transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 22, 2026
Woods' lawyers can fight against the subpoena or legal order regarding prescription records by objecting to it within 10 days.
From BBC β Apr. 8, 2026
Were they objecting to my referring to Brockway as Mister?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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