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Verb
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O'Reilly said that the police department reduced the number of abuse complaints and use of Taser, which had been leading to costly lawsuits.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Detroit Free Press,
3 Jan. 2025 -
Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Cutting these taxes accelerates the timeline in which those trust funds will become insolvent.—
Laurel Wamsley,
NPR,
11 July 2025
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Absent changes to the law, once Social Security becomes insolvent, benefits would shrink for all recipients by 24 percent while Medicare hospital benefits would be reduced by about 11 percent, according to the CRFB.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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The myth of the millionaire on the move is politically useful but empirically bankrupt.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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There’s something exquisitely derailing about spiraling into a plush-toy addiction while emotionally regressing at your mother’s house in Chiang Mai—jet-lagged across three time zones, spiritually bankrupt, and one herbal compress away from a full breakdown.—
Lara Johnson-Wheeler,
Vogue,
31 May 2025
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“Straitened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitened. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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