modern
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Such images testify to the salience of animals to our predecessors, and these renderings remain psychologically compelling to modern viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Egotism reigns in our modern world, and only those brave enough to stand up to it can impede its rule.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The restoration keeps the palm houses looking much as they were intended, but using modern techniques and materials which should guarantee the future of these much-loved buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"This event is the worst we've seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era," Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told The New York Times.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Inside the wall a parking lot ringed a modern glass-and-steel building three stories tall.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing modern
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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