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Smith conformed to the type of the absent-minded professor, but he was worldly enough to unmask the East India Co., a hybrid sovereign ruler and monopolistic business enterprise, as a misgoverned money pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Doctors could potentially use this type of information to identify people who might benefit from additional vaccine doses, more careful follow-up or other protective strategies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Diabetes UK says that around 1 in 4 people with type 2 diabetes takes insulin.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Your savings target should be based on your child’s age, 529 balance, expected investment returns, type of college you’re targeting, and how much of the future cost you want to cover.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
In the process he discovered that I didn’t know how to type.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
No two El Niños are the same - so, while it may increase the chance of certain types of weather occurring, this is not guaranteed.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The companies chase different types of consumers: Toyota appeals more to eco-conscious car buyers and those who prioritize reliability and efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The first lady doesn’t like these types of things,” someone close to the White House told Semafor this week.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Even the types of music that are considered popular can change quickly.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
A sophomore in Arizona typed an email he never sent.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
She has since used Paze three times, all of which were at Wendy’s, where she usually typed her card number into the app each time she ordered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Whether the lawyers were laughing when they typed this is known only to them.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Some of them press questions scribbled on pieces of paper or typed in their phone against the glass, and the preparators answer them with notes of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He typed on and off for a long time, either writing a novel or changing his mind a lot.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Harp has been a near-constant presence at Trump's side in his second term, sometimes typing out social media posts for him and printing out information, a role that has seen her dubbed the "human printer."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
From the moment Kinahan entered the dock, until he was led out 13 minutes later, almost everyone was looking towards him - and the proceedings were accompanied by constant typing from the press benches.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A pamphlet from the Central District of California that touted “front-page Federal cases” hung in the window of a court reporting classroom, where students practiced typing 200 words per minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
If you’re not, you’ve got to use money, which is hard to get, whereas you get shares by typing zeros into a spreadsheet.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Dozens of people in crisp white lab coats with a silver MT logo were working at stations with microscopes, remotely manipulating machines inside glass cubes, using pipettes, typing into computers...all of them busy and focused.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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