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[seen-yer] / ˈsin jər /




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“AI investment continues to accelerate,” said Ben Ayers, senior economist at Nationwide.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The probe was opened recently and the agency plans to send civil subpoenas to the two companies in the coming weeks, a senior FTC official said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Professor Sir Robin Murray, senior author of the study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, said:

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Club owners, directors and senior executives are subject to an enhanced suitability framework - a beefed-up version of the old-school 'fit-and-proper person's test'.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A senior reactor engineering specialist at the Research Reactor Institute at Kyoto University, Hiroaki Koide, was interviewed by The New York Times that day.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Like many seniors who live in homes with more than one story, you have a problem that won’t go away by ignoring it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The legislation “puts an end,” he said, “to this unfair practice and helps ensure local residents, seniors, students and families can continue accessing the public courses their communities support.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

But he acquitted himself well enough in Lithuania to get back into the good graces of his seniors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

A little cheer rose for 79-year-old Hwang Sun-hee after she managed to place an online order at a training session in South Korea, which has one of the world's starkest digital divides for seniors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

High school seniors now solely referred to me as "Little Sami," and I wore the nickname like a badge of honor.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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