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noun

(in the US) an alert broadcast to all police officers within an area, instructing the arrest of a suspect

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

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Words nearby all-points bulletin

alloy, alloyed junction, alloy steel, allozyme, all-pass, all-points bulletin, Allport, all-powerful, all present and accounted for, all-purpose, All Quiet on the Western Front

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Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.
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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
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In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.
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By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
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He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.
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Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.
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Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
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After a long talk during which we fixed up a good many moot points, went on to see General d'Amade.
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They vary greatly in size, being sometimes so small as to seem mere points of light with medium-power objectives.
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