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[vet] / vɛt /












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Other entrants include a trans woman named Ashley Webb and a gloriously bearded Marine vet.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

CEO Kristin Peck cited a pullback in consumer spending, noting that budget-conscious pet owners were cutting back on vet visits and opting out of premium products.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Shah said Next Health works with a platform called Vitl, a health-tech startup that raised $7.5 million from investors last year, to vet and consolidate compounding pharmacies that produce peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

States including Alabama and Utah have sought to implement statewide limits on screen time by age level and others have sought to more thoroughly vet educational technology.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

But when I called Gran’s vet from the old beige landline phone, I was told that she was stuck in surgery all day.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Doctors and vets have also arrived in La Guaira to help.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

The company offers warranties on its devices and vets its sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

The agency says that’s to root out fraud, but critics say all it does is unnecessarily slow down a system that already vets applicants vigorously.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Ranchers and vets say this $4 treatment for cattle will help them beat back flesh-eating screwworm.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

Between songs the disc jockey kept shouting to the vets that they were heroes.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Neutrality means the FJC’s materials should be written by disinterested experts, vetted for bias and confined to helping judges understand evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: We vetted the best deals online right now.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

While governors still appoint justices, they must choose from candidates vetted by an independent nominating commission composed of nonlawyers and lawyers selected from across the state.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

The council, on a unanimous vote, sent the draft ballot language to a committee for additional study after several councilmembers said it had not been properly vetted.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Still, the story had been vetted and rang true to survivors of other labor camps, to scholars, to human rights advocates, and to the South Korean government.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

And there is no evidence that the federal government has a better way of vetting citizenship than California does.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

At Robert Half, Britton said more employers are asking for help vetting candidates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

It also launched a massive recruiting blitz that has sometimes resulted in porous vetting, as Slate’s Laura Jedeed discovered when ICE offered her a job after she skipped several screening steps.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Ruemmler has been vetting candidates for her old job and has left some people with the impression that the acting general counsel might not be ready for the top job, these people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

In vetting him for the job, his trainer neglected to look at his sister, a local basketball phenom.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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