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The 1996 regulations also allowed a person’s gender to be considered in setting auto premiums, but former Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones eliminated it as an optional ratings factor in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
But in a world where food is everywhere and movement is optional, those same systems that once helped us survive uncertainty now make it difficult to lose weight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The fee would be attached to a program called optional practical training, or OPT, which allows international university graduates to work for one to three years on their student visas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nevertheless, the prosecutor maintained that reading the indictment was optional and refused to do so.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"You chose to write about them for the optional essay question. Would you care to hear what you had to say?"
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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100 SAT words Beginning with "O"
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