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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The experiment followed the overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty, in 1911, and was seen by many of Xiao’s coevals as a fount of inspiration.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
That school is none other than Columbia University -- infamous for one of the worst outbreaks of campus antisemitism after the October 7 massacre, but the fount of other scandals as well.
—Preston Cooper, National Review, 15 Dec. 2024
Nelly tends to accept praise with a tight smile and deflect criticism with a joke, and because of the latter, she’s been a fount of reaction shots as the series has given her a class-clown-style edit.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The 1986 amendments which revamped and modernized the law stemmed from the same fount.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The experiment followed the overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty, in 1911, and was seen by many of Xiao’s coevals as a fount of inspiration.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
That school is none other than Columbia University -- infamous for one of the worst outbreaks of campus antisemitism after the October 7 massacre, but the fount of other scandals as well.
—Preston Cooper, National Review, 15 Dec. 2024
Nelly tends to accept praise with a tight smile and deflect criticism with a joke, and because of the latter, she’s been a fount of reaction shots as the series has given her a class-clown-style edit.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Fount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fount. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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