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His background can only be termed motley—he was variously a medical student, an opera singer, a stage actor, a Champagne importer, a film actor and, finally, a motion-picture director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Energy-importing countries not exposed to the AI boom remain the most vulnerable, creating what the IMF termed a "bifurcated outlook" in its WEO report.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
One review called Cregger’s movie “different and much better than the other ‘Resident Evil’ movies,” which were termed “depersonalized zombie sludge.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Within a few short months, he will be termed out of office and return to being a regular citizen, if not an average one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
A subtler expression of this geographically varying ease of spread is the phenomenon termed preemptive domestication.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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