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The 1967 Public Health Act already allows for officers to enter "any premises' at all" for the purpose of "ascertaining whether there is, or has been" any breach of the rules.

In terms of the quantity of the gas being expelled, scientists ascertained that ionised- and neutral-gas outflows measured by their equipment ultimately reached "0.14–2.9 and 30–100 solar mass per year, respectively."

But how easily its meaning is ascertained raises questions about whether "DEI hire" is a dog whistle in the traditional sense, more slur-adjacent as some suggest, or something new.

In her post-debate reaction, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow repeated the wisdom many TV experts have shared about debates, which is that you can ascertain all you need to know with the sound off.

It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of babies they may have killed, given the way the data was gathered.