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FBI
Acceptable in all references for Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ex: Security official |
GED
A trademark abbreviation for General Education Development tests, a battery of five exams designed by the american council on education to measure high school equivalency.
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The Great Recession
The recession that began in December 2007, and became the longest deepest depression since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It occurred after losses on the subprime mortgages battered the U.S housing market. The National Bureau of Economic Research said it officially ended in June 2009, having lasted 18 months.
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Drugs
This word has come to be used as a synonym for narcotics in recent years, medicine is frequently the better word to specify that an individual is taking medication.
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Further
Farther refers to a physical distance.
Ex: He walked farther into the woods. _____ refers to an extension of time or degree. Ex: She will look _____ into the mystery. |
Administration
Consists officials who make up the executive branch of a government:
Ex: The Reagan ______ |
E-Book
The electronic non-paper version of a book or publication sold digitally and commonly consumed on devices such as a kindle or an app on a reader's phone tablet, or PC.
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Governor
Highest state official, A governor's official duties can include signing bills into law, serving as commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard and militia forces, convening special sessions of the state legislature, delivering a "state of the state" address to citizens, granting commutations and pardons to prisoners and appointing people to various judicial and state offices.
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The Great Lakes
This word has come to be used as a synonym for narcotics in recent years, medicine is frequently the better word to specify that an individual is taking medication.
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Use copyrighted only as a past tense of the verb
Ex: He copyrighted the article
Copyright past-tense
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Regime
A form of political system, generally an oppressive or undemocratic one: the word should be used only in general terms. Do not use in references to a specific country or leader:
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GPA
Acceptable in all references for grade-point-average
Ex:4.0, 3.5 |
Google
Internet company that runs a search engine and digital advertising network. Ex: Google, Googling and Googled are used informally as a verb for performing internet search.
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Graduate
A diploma used for recognition usually at schools
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Copy Editor
A seldom a formal title. See titles
Ex: reviewing and correcting written material |
Government
An established system of political administration
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Global Warming and Climate Change
The terms can be used interchangeably. One is more accurate scientifically to describe to describe the various effects of greenhouse gases on the world because it includes extreme weather, storms and changes in rainfall patterns, ocean acidification and sea level. But the other term is more common and understandable to the public
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Counsel
A deliberative body and those who are members of it.
Ex: No matter how much time he is given, ______ would always like more, but the Chief Justice will not grant an extra minute unless the lawyer is responding to a question from the bench. |
When a story says two people meet for discussions talks or debate, it is unnecessary to say they meet face to face.
Face to Face is (unnecessary or necessary)
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Farther
Far refers to a physical distance.
Ex: He walked _____ into the woods. |
Junta
A group or council that often rules after a coup: a military often controls the nation. This becomes a government after it establishes a system of political administration
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Habeas Corpus
A writ ordering a person in custody to be brought before a court. It places the burden of proof on those draining the person to justify the detention.
Ex: Brown vs. Allen, North Carolina practiced unconstitutional jury discrimination. |
Defense Spending
Usually is the more precise term for military spending
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Eid-al-fitr
A three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan Islam's holy month of fasting
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Tells the reader that the AP obtained the basic information for the story in the datelined city.
Ex: April 20, 2019
Dateline
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