receiving
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More aspiring lawyers are receiving bar exam accommodations, with 14% of California test takers in July getting extra time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
It was created by receiving $93 million in profits from the 1984 Olympic Games under the vision of lead organizer Peter Ueberroth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He said: "I would like to sincerely apologise to any patients who have been affected and recalled for a scan as I understand receiving such news can be unsettling."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Additional lenses then organize the beams into a structured grid of square illumination areas at the receiving surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
The assumption was that any extraterrestrial intelligence capable of receiving the message would recognize the maths and the science and quickly make sense of the Earth-specific information.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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