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obiter dicta

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County and regional leaders can use and are using the insights from the economic analyses to inform decision-making across industries, including planning and development.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
After taking down such accounts, companies would write reports and researchers (including us) would publish analyses to explain the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures of online influence campaigns.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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Pepsi is planning cost reductions to cut down on redundancies and discretionary spending to pay for investments in innovation and marketing, Laguarta said in prepared remarks.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Prior to the remarks surrounding an acting hiatus, Krumholtz was most recently seen playing Zor-El, the biological father of Supergirl, in DC Studios’ film of the same name.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

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Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Two years ago, Shen Anyu, a voice actor who earns a living from narrating news commentaries and other short programs, began noticing an alarming number of videos on social-media platforms that seemed to feature his voice without his permission.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of commentaries

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AcePDF also handles interactive forms, annotations, customizable watermarks, shapes, and comments.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
His commentary became an important part of the textual tradition, and his annotations are included in many modern editions of the work.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of annotations

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My students are simultaneously cerebral readers and emotional ones, and those feelings can be at odds with each other, sometimes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
When prompted about what may happen in the future as more stations adopt AI hosts, DJ Coyotec generated an answer that sounded like empathy even though the bot has no feelings or control of what will happen in the future.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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