the system
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Getting permission to make phone calls and filling out visitor requests can take a long time and have to go through the system to be signed off.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
He said there was "a lot of leakage in the system" and that the administration was "constantly working to close that down."
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
When they struggle or come upon things they can’t afford, then they experience it often as a personal failure, not a failure of the system, Poo said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
To evaluate the system, the researchers tested two important computational techniques: the quantum Fourier transform and period finding.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
It may seem at first blush that cooperating with the system while urging good behavior is the only option available, but in reality it is not a liberation strategy at all.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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