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[turm] / tɜrm /






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The Supreme Court had some fun with its decision this past term on the question of guns and marijuana use, recounting a history of the Founders’ drinking habits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Much of the improvement reflects higher commodity prices, however, and is expected to fade over the medium term.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

When the boyish, affable congressman became the first Latino lawmaker appointed to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in his second term, national outlets took notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

They managed six clean sheets in Carrick's 17 matches in charge last term, including two in their final three games.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The political consensus that had held together during Washington’s first term, and had then begun to fragment into Federalist and Republican camps over the Whiskey Rebellion and Jay’s Treaty, broke down completely in 1797.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The below table shows how healthcare has performed, not only on a stock-price basis but in terms of P/E ratios.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

It is 1862, and Washington’s Oak Hill Cemetery is inhabited by ghosts who are trapped in limbo—or, in Tibetan Buddhist terms, the bardo—most refusing to believe that they are dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

From a mile high, as well as close up, the figures for inflation and for the public finances set out his Budget balancing act in clear terms.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Turturro, 69, has been staying at the hotel for decades and is on familiar terms with the waiters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Every type of artillery had a nickname—toad, monkey, bee—as did every piece of equipment and every type of transportation, and sometimes the French slang terms were different entirely from the English ones.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

In 2022, she launched what she termed an upscale vodka and champagne brand, American Dream, organizing a dinner for Mar-a-Lago guests that participants realized halfway through was an investment pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan oppose each other to represent the southwest San Fernando Valley, after Bob Blumenfield, who held the city council seat since 2013, is termed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

The cell enlarges, begins making new DNA at a great rate, and turns into what is termed, appropriately, a blast.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Price, who has represented the district since 2013, is terming out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

With Councilmember Curren Price terming out in District 9, six candidates are vying to represent parts of downtown and South L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026

It’s an outcome so humiliating that baseball even has a name for it, terming three strikeouts in one game as earning that player a “silver sombrero.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025

But the law has drawn sharp criticism from motorists and opposition groups, terming it a burden on taxpayers.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

McKissick also defended the phrase, terming it an inevitable response to the “dashed hopes and mangled dreams of a people and a result of the ineffectiveness of the nonviolent movement.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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