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“When an expert reliably applies a scientifically accepted methodology on an issue that is reasonably subject to debate, it is for the jury to decide the opinion’s correctness,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Senator Angus King of Maine told reporters he understood, based on a conversation with Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, that the victim was the subject of an ICE arrest warrant over his immigration status.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
This is particularly the case amongst the country's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu - and has become a subject of debate and in some cases ridicule for the men with female surnames.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“The question has not been tested as to whether political entities created with bipartisan balance might be subject to another exception.”
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The subject line was “Re: Question about a Baby Skunk.”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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The next Black Opera Project titles include promising subjects and creators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Weist has repeatedly gravitated toward systems that most people encounter only indirectly, transforming her research processes into subjects of aesthetic and political investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
But the subjects of the study did not believe they were the majority.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
"It allows people to express frustration about competence, privilege, money and social fairness without directly touching more sensitive subjects," he tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
It was a grim prospect for the Catholic Church, especially since it was beginning to have trouble with its subjects on even its own world.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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And Stalin himself, whose body was initially interred in the same mausoleum that housed the embalmed Vladimir Lenin, was subjected to criticism for some of his evil deeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The 437-page report written by a panel of three judges in 2021 found that the state had shirked its duty to protect Caruana Galizia and subjected her to personal attacks and verbal abuse from politicians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Plastic additives are subjected to solid phase extraction with analysis by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Few middle-class parents would stand for their children’s being subjected to this method of teaching.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
And anything was better than subjecting yourself to the shuttle, he joked.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Questions from MPs to the PM also focused on standards in public life, including whether ministers were subjecting themselves to scrutiny by answering questions in Parliament.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Problem was, with Rishi and his utter guilelessness, she felt guilty for her ferocity, for subjecting him to an entire lifetime of pent-up rage that had little to do with him.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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