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Along with the MVP candidate’s statistics in the offensive category, how about including the collective statistics of the opponents they are primarily assigned to guard?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
This categorization didn’t constitute a formal regulation; rather the agency was using its discretion not to go after compounders who used ingredients it deemed safe — those from the first category.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Thirty-eight of the 59 companies in this category saw a decrease in mean earnings per shares estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Both fall under the category of "mundane job simulations", an ever-growing gaming genre in which people carry out routine and - on the face of it - not very exciting tasks.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Now it falls under the category of “battles not worth fighting, because at least she’s sitting at the table eating with us, and her weight hasn’t dropped into dangerland”.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.