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act
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Expansion process As Daly noted in a Q&A with The Athletic two weeks ago, the league doesn’t anticipate opening a traditional expansion process as much as continuing to listen to interested parties and perhaps acting on it from there at some point in time.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2025 -
Under the rescissions rules Congress has 45 days to act and the House is scheduled to vote first next week.—
Deirdre Walsh,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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“Work (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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