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One move was “product reconfiguration and qualifying lower-cost components,” as put by chief financial officer Karen Parkhill on the earnings call.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
She said the court had failed to consider human rights arguments that would have been put by trans people and the judgement had left her with the legal "nonsense" of being "two sexes at once".
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
As concisely put by John Locke, the brilliant 17th-century political philosopher who inspired America’s founders, “Where law ends, tyranny begins.”
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024
Simply put by Chargers center Bradley Bozeman: “He really sees the game the way we see it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
Hornet switched on the lamp, which Ida had put by her bedside so she could read in the evenings.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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