permanently
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City Council voted Tuesday to permanently adopt an affordable housing streamlining directive introduced by Mayor Karen Bass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Understand the world with the help of the Muppets: In 2012, Dahlia Lithwick published a piece of cultural analysis that permanently altered how readers viewed their marriages, their workplaces, and the U.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some lawyers note that the SEC’s innovation exemptions are a limited experiment to gather information, not a commitment to using this framework permanently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
For every year without Part B coverage, you permanently add an extra 10% to your current monthly premium.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He dropped out of college and parked himself permanently by one of the windows of the flat, looking blankly out at the world.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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