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Sluggish economic growth can also have an impact on hiring, as businesses tend to hold off investment.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Older adults tend to produce less nitric oxide as they age, and reduced nitric oxide availability can affect blood vessel function.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
“So I tend to hire older teenagers who can spend a few months with us after having that basic training. I learned the hard way, from experience.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
It’s tough to price in the impact from upcoming IPOs on the market ahead of time, because they tend to “suck up the liquidity” at the time they actually happen, according to Elliott.
From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026
Classical music traditions around the world tend to encourage longer, more complex forms which may be difficult to recognize without the familiarity that comes from study or repeated hearings.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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