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This is a cat and mouse — or cats and mice — melodrama, with customized stock characters given dark secrets and backstory traumas less as explanation than complication.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Worrying about costs is one explanation why people don’t get screened for colon cancer, but there are several other reasons why someone may avoid getting a colonoscopy or doing a stool test.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
It did not include any maps to indicate where the pilot zones would be located, or any explanation of how they might work in practice.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
With that one explanation, Platner was able to neatly quarantine all prior bad behavior to a past “angry” time, even as he presented an uplifting redemption story that voters could root for.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
When the administrators at Carville ask the priest for an explanation, he tells them that he wants nothing to do with her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing explanation
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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