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It was an environmental appeal he crafted not just in earnest — which he certainly was — but also because he thought it was one of the strongest rationales that the United States should remain predominantly white.

From Salon

Yoakam was fascinated with Malone’s background in Texas and how knowledgeable and earnest he was about music.

The whole thing was a benefit for Music for America, an erstwhile and earnest nonprofit that raised money to support progressive causes, and MoveOn.org, of petitioning fame.

From Slate

I have been on Bluesky for more than a year but cannot claim to have dived into it in earnest until this past weekend, when I found its college football–watching crowd to be much more energetic and fun than what I had seen this fall on X.

From Slate

Their efforts started in earnest in 2022, when a crop of political organizations funded by the tech industry backed the recall elections of former San Francisco Dist.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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