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Though there’s significant hype surrounding the launch of R2, investors have been unimpressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Sale's England core have nearly all spent significant stretches on the treatment table and been unavailable for selection.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Still, policymakers aren’t out of the woods yet, with more significant price shifts yet to come.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The criminal probe was a significant escalation in the yearslong effort to police serial pollution offenses by Virginia-based Southern Coal and dozens of affiliated mining operations controlled by the family.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
So suppose the United States wanted to reduce enemy forces by 20 percent—a significant figure, though hardly enough to break their will.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing significant
Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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