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did

American  
[did] / dɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense of do.

did British  
/ dɪd /

verb

  1. the past tense of do 1

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We did plenty of sparring very early on in my career.

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Genes critical for heart function behaved this way in heart cells, while neuron-related genes did the same in brain cells.

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Researchers compared samples collected with and without a preservative and found 98.75% agreement between results, showing that the preservative did not interfere with the test.

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In addition, the data did not track how much salt substitute participants used.

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The uneven distribution of these chemical regions suggests that water did not affect Bennu in a single, uniform way.

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