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[prez-uhnt] / ˈprɛz ənt /








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The carrier says automated assistants present data-privacy risks; “I don’t want to create another middleman.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

These materials can preserve traces of an animal's biological history, including evidence of infections present when it died.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

At present, rate traders are pricing in an almost 90% probability of a 25 basis-point hike at that meeting with 10% longshot chance for the 50 basis-point increase that Waller threatened Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

A Met Police spokesperson confirmed its officers travelled to France in October and were present during the operation.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

They called the name of each person present; the spirits didn’t make a peep.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Examining their mutually nourishing creativity and the ways they pursued their own distinct artistic paths, the exhibition also presents a restaging of the artists’ studio, relocated from their home in Sussex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

But this unusually early disruption of the polar vortex and SSW presents meteorologists with a situation for which there are few modern comparisons.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Studying glass presents a challenge because its atoms do not follow the regular, repeating arrangement found in crystalline materials.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Bartholdi and Laboulaye spent about 10 years drumming up funding for the project, and the show presents a compendium of 19th-century commercial imagery, derived from magazines, posters and advertisements meant to publicize the statue-in-progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

We were having a Thank Goodness Ida B’s All Right Celebration right then and there, and all that was missing were cake and presents.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

In a vitrine, the Kimbell has two leather-bound albums of the project that had been presented to Napoleon III, the emperor of France at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

People ages 18 to 34 accounted for a substantial share of the reported heart problems involving caffeinated products, according to independent, preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2026.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

An independent review presented to Parliament in 2018 found that a significant number of Islamic marriages were not followed by civil marriages, leaving people without the protections associated with legally recognised marriages.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Thomas presented the court’s capriciousness as humility, writing that “prescribing a cause of action” is almost always “a job for Congress, not the courts.”

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

Gerry then presented his own personal estimate of the revenue required to compensate the slave owners for purchasing their slaves at current market value and came up with the figure of $10 million.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Dendritic cells perform this role by capturing foreign substances called antigens and presenting them to T cells, which are immune cells that recognize specific threats.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Qatar is leading negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, with Tehran presenting a de-escalation plan that has yet to be accepted by Trump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

As noted above, the government’s attorneys obtained the complaint by presenting a magistrate judge with a 27-page affidavit.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

By offering a repayment schedule, your stepmother is gently — or not so gently — attempting to twist your arm by presenting this request almost as a fait accompli.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Weylin waved a hand presenting Kevin who, to my surprise, bowed slightly to the woman.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler


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