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Bryant’s concept of franchising the show across different sports gave Manning the idea to do the same with “Peyton’s Places,” thereby creating spinoffs with his brother, Eli, John McEnroe, Sue Bird and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
These sampling devices follow the swimmers' exact route while they are in the water, thereby providing accurate information.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The process of repurchasing stock reduces the number of shares outstanding, thereby helping boost earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
“The overnight data was little changed, thereby maintaining bearish weather patterns for the 3-20 day forecast period,” the forecaster adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Only in larger populations can the disease shift from one local area to another, thereby persisting until enough babies have been born in the originally infected area that measles can return there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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