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option

[op-shuhn] / ˈɒp ʃən /


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After months searching for a new home, the pre-school's committee said it had exhausted every option within a five-mile radius and now faced closure.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The new board now has the option to appoint Saba as the trust’s manager, which analysts view as likely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

After that, the only baseload option that scales is nuclear.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

If the model truly understood the task, it should have consistently selected option A. Instead, Centaur continued to choose the "correct answers" from the original dataset.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

She helped Vern to his feet without giving him the option of declining.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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