prior
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Some insurers require patients to wait until they are 75% of the way through a prior supply, or day 68 for a 90 refill.
Mall visits rose 20.3% on Dec. 24 from a week prior, according to data from MRI Software, a data provider that measures foot traffic, and 0.1% from the prior year.
From Barron's
Wald believes the RSI’s pullback only shows that the chip sector is undergoing a “time correction,” which he described as the removal of “prior excesses” with prices moving sideways for an extended period.
From MarketWatch
“Here, ICE and EOIR’s prior policies governing courthouse arrests and detention in holding facilities provide a standard,” the judge said.
From Los Angeles Times
It was not known whether sentencing would immediately follow a guilty verdict, but if acquitted, Najib will return to Kajang Prison outside Kuala Lumpur to continue serving his prior sentence.
From Barron's
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