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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has also acknowledged using errant figures to justify a fraud probe in New York, deepening concerns in the administration’s methods for identifying problematic activity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Although the district attorney has admitted that the charge “is extremely problematic from both a factual and a legal basis,” the case is still proceeding.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Not so long ago, to have a look at a problematic artery, doctors inserted a small camera down his throat — an invasive, painful and costly procedure.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
Released this week, the organization’s 2026 press freedom report also shows how a free press is becoming increasingly problematic across the world as a result.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Descartes made a strict separation between mind and matter: mind was immaterial and immortal, so that mind’s relationship to the sensory world of space and time was inherently problematic.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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