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Last year, the UK government said it had concluded that the technology was the most "cost-effective option" to assess the age of asylum seekers.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Gabbard also said US intelligence had concluded that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel -- also used as a major justification for the war.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

In 2025, Eckardt alleges that he reported Salinas’ conduct to Amazon and after six months of information gathering, the company told him that “its investigation had concluded and that the allegations were ‘not substantiated.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Powell promised last month to remain on the Fed’s board of governors until the Trump administration’s Justice Department had concluded its probe into cost overruns for renovations to the central bank’s headquarters.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

“A grim mood has gripped the country,” the opponent had concluded, barely concealing his own broad grin.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling