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But it’s more complicated and far-reaching than that description might sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Anthropic software could never have created songs that sound so similar to Presley’s out of whole cloth, the plaintiffs say, and instead relied on ill-gotten data.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Grace now uses ear defenders every night, but they only muffle the sound rather than blocking it out entirely.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
You sound overwhelmed by practical, existential, moral and medical dilemmas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Clare crept closer, the sound of his approach buried beneath the human commotion.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all said in statements that the changes would modernize the credit-scoring system, making it more predictive, and create a safer and sounder market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and sounder economic management.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
A productive clay-court swing, taking her to the Madrid and Rome finals, meant she arrived in Paris considered a sounder bet than defending champion Swiatek.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Democracies are sounder when the reason why some lose does not rest on the fact that they are invisible to those who make decisions,” Verba wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
The problem was to find an economically sounder reason for consuming transport than a mere affection for primroses and landscapes.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Whatever happens with AI, Haider argues, the soundest playbook is to lean toward companies with growing top lines rather than buying whatever looks cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
But most all, just one of the kindest and soundest soul you'll ever meet.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
The most striking aspect of the anointing of Bankman-Fried as the richest and soundest of newly-minted billionaires is how so little of it has been based on hard information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
He is the soundest sleeper I have ever seen.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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