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But Shakespeare’s coronation as the king of English literature coincided with an increase of wealth among the upper classes, which rapidly drove up prices for a now desirably iconic volume.

Seen in the harsh glare of the present, the characters’ problems — generational differences, marital anxieties, creative inertia — might seem both derivative and almost desirably quaint, though in a way that produces more sympathy than scorn.

That’s been a puzzle for some Fed policymakers, who continue to believe that a tightening job market will at some point put upward pressure not only on wages but also, less desirably, on prices.

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There’s that new starting quarterback, Ian Book, throwing the ball around the premises to receivers desirably various.

No one had ever described food in quite her diction before: the “desirably crunchy carapace” of a roast duck, the “Blakean” yellow of a saffron-tinted fish pie.

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

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