person
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Researchers calculate CAR by measuring cortisol immediately after a person wakes and then measuring it again 30 minutes later.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“You are inspiring a dozen people for every person that criticizes you.”
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
OpenAI has found no evidence that A7 is currently using its models, a person familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Chris adds: "Knowing that a person did this, as opposed to it being a natural thing that happened, it just does feel a little bit comforting for some reason."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Harry was the only person he could talk to about it and keep a smile.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“I do believe we’re looking at people who, as we say, are persons of interest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The investigation triggered one of the UK's biggest missing persons operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The majority’s decision in Barbara recounts how before the 14th Amendment’s ratification, Americans followed the long-standing common-law rule making persons born on American soil citizens by birth.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Search and Rescue Advancing. 67 persons, inclusive of 15 children rescued so far," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a sweeping amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist magnifies the moon.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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