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Farmer: Family farmers in developing nations generally own no more

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Bunuel

09 Mar 2024, 12:07

28

4

7,244

by: MartyMurray

29 May 2026, 10:30

ER

Conscientiousness is high on most firms’ list of traits they want in

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Gladiator59

05 Jan 2019, 12:50

31

11

8,086

by: sashankmvv1234

29 May 2026, 08:47

ER -1

Advertising by mail has become much less effective, with fewer consume

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1, 2

WillGetIt

31 May 2024, 07:58

636

38

105,978

by: guddo

29 May 2026, 08:30

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Usernamevisible

28 May 2026, 21:26

2

4

155

by: Usernamevisible

29 May 2026, 08:01

ER

Tocqueville, a nineteenth-century writer known for his study of democr

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1, 2

reply2spg

29 Feb 2024, 02:48

120

24

28,462

by: Pikachuu

29 May 2026, 07:49

ER

Zoologist: Every domesticated large mammal species now in existence wa

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akela

01 Aug 2017, 10:36

82

20

14,417

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 07:11

ER -1

The cost of manufacturing automobiles is considerably greater in Ester

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guerrero25

18 Aug 2018, 03:26

30

18

11,082

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 06:40

-1

Ticks attach themselves to host animals to feed. Having fed

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akela

19 Aug 2017, 08:26

32

13

10,949

by: guddo

29 May 2026, 06:30

ER

Comets do not give off their own light but reflect light from other so

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Bunuel

27 Jul 2018, 10:36

65

18

15,017

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 06:19

ER -1

Eatco, a restaurant equipment supply firm, has decided to pay all of i

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Sajjad1994

18 Sep 2017, 13:01

10

8

5,623

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 05:50

ER

Massive layoffs are expected to happen if the VP of Finance is

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CrackVerbal

29 May 2026, 04:22

25

10

7,295

by: MartyMurray

29 May 2026, 05:33

ER

Legal rules are expressed in general terms. They concern classificatio

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Bunuel

03 Jul 2018, 11:12

54

9

12,292

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 05:33

-1

In a time when many publishers are concerned about declining readershi

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SalahT

08 Aug 2021, 09:04

5

3

2,311

by: guddo

29 May 2026, 05:30

ER -1

Without information that could only have come from someone present at

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Bunuel

27 Sep 2019, 02:43

22

7

8,564

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 05:11

ER

Some folks who live in the hills belong to the Hatfield clan; others b

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Bunuel

08 Mar 2021, 09:00

21

12

5,840

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 05:07

ER

A recently found collection of sonnets written by Shakespeare must

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ExpertsGlobal5

23 Nov 2025, 22:59

16

11

1,570

by: Bunuel

29 May 2026, 04:26

ER -1

Whittaker: There can be no such thing as the number of medical school

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Bunuel

10 Apr 2020, 02:36

8

10

6,368

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 02:41

Journalist: For a long time there was widespread agreement among

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JJ.jj

12 Mar 2024, 12:51

6

2

2,446

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 02:17

ER

The city is vigorously enforcing the ordinance against allowing indivi

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Bunuel

19 Mar 2020, 01:58

30

9

8,142

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 02:14

ER -1

Scientists have modified salmon embryos genetically to increasing

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CrackVerbal

23 Mar 2020, 05:54

21

7

7,312

by: VerbalBot

29 May 2026, 00:12

ER

Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by corr

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ArvGMAT

18 Mar 2021, 14:59

114

10

30,771

by: KarishmaB

28 May 2026, 23:23

ER

We should abolish the public education system and allow schools to ope

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Sajjad1994

02 Sep 2017, 10:51

12

5

5,681

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 22:55

ER

Science writer: All scientists have beliefs and values that might

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ganand

17 Apr 2017, 21:00

39

11

11,367

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 22:55

ER

Twenty percent of the stores in Morganville's downtown shopping distri

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anilnandyala

03 Nov 2023, 06:21

157

14

34,739

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 22:13

ER

Party spokesperson: The opposition party’s proposal to stimulate econo

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Bunuel

13 Apr 2020, 06:59

27

5

8,470

by: KarishmaB

28 May 2026, 20:56

ER

Biologist: In Region X, the average horn mass and body length of adult

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mbaguy2025

09 Dec 2023, 03:17

135

16

14,481

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 20:30

ER

Officials of the Youth Hockey League and parents of players in the lea

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bsd_lover

04 May 2008, 01:25

113

21

40,127

by: Pikachuu

28 May 2026, 18:30

Air travel is becoming increasingly more dangerous. In the last year

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jaxtor

01 May 2018, 23:26

38

29

22,071

by: Pikachuu

28 May 2026, 18:30

If Patricia eats a heavy, spicy meal tonight, she will get a bad case

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yc168

28 May 2026, 09:08

2

1

116

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 15:15

Clothes dryers manufactured by Archway Appliances, Inc. are of poor

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yc168

28 May 2026, 08:40

3

1

133

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 14:45

ER

Restaurant reviewer: In response to lagging sales based on a

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1, 2

akhil911

19 Apr 2014, 01:05

166

32

20,710

by: Zaf1997

28 May 2026, 13:04

ER

Economist: The economy of the Republic of Nantau has experienced lower

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catfreak

19 Jun 2021, 03:15

23

9

8,568

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 12:42

Laurel: Modern moral theories must be jettisoned, or at least greatly

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yc168

28 May 2026, 08:14

3

1

132

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 12:30

Historian: The revolutionary party has been accused of having many

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yc168

28 May 2026, 07:51

3

1

148

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 12:30

ER

Aeronautical engineer: Often when a person is disappointed that a soci

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bkpolymers1617

19 Aug 2017, 01:58

79

7

10,788

by: gullyboy09

28 May 2026, 11:01

ER

Seemingly inconsequential changes in sea temperature due to global war

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Bunuel

06 Jan 2024, 06:21

43

9

11,943

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 09:38

ER

HOT Competition 31 Aug/8AM: To the defenders of tenure in teaching, it

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Bunuel

31 Aug 2020, 08:00

49

6

13,516

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 09:35

ER

HOT Competition 3 Sep/8AM: Scientists have reproduced nanostructures f

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Bunuel

03 Sep 2020, 08:00

17

7

7,166

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 09:26

ER

Aid workers have worried that residents of the Eastern Gobi Refugee

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Harley1980

26 Aug 2015, 10:02

23

6

10,006

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 09:26

ER

Current federal law mandates that the seats on airplanes be no closer

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Bunuel

30 Oct 2023, 01:30

14

4

2,997

by: Usernamevisible

28 May 2026, 08:23

ER

12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 5: In a large urban area

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Bunuel

15 Dec 2023, 07:01

22

9

8,641

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 07:25

Although withholding information from someone who would find that info

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yc168

26 May 2026, 07:39

5

3

398

by: gullyboy09

28 May 2026, 06:33

Critic: Historians purport to discover the patterns inherent in the

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yc168

27 May 2026, 07:44

5

2

283

by: gullyboy09

28 May 2026, 06:29

ER

The current proposal to give college students a broader choice in plan

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akhileshgupta05

19 Jan 2020, 06:51

70

9

19,158

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 06:22

ER

Plantings of cotton bioengineered to produce its own insecticide again

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1, 2

imaru

21 Aug 2024, 01:28

603

27

92,650

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 05:15

Gorilla populations have been ransacked by the Ebola virus, which has

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Carcass

30 Jan 2022, 05:30

5

3

2,105

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 03:12

ER

Last year the rate of inﬂation was 1.2 percent, but for the current

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ExecMBA2010

27 Feb 2010, 00:27

252

16

64,139

by: Gmat860sanskar

28 May 2026, 01:28

ER

In recent years the climate has been generally cool in northern Asia.

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noboru

04 Jul 2010, 13:14

21

10

8,655

by: VerbalBot

28 May 2026, 00:03

ER

If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be fa

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Bunuel

06 Sep 2019, 02:26

24

7

10,575

by: guddo

28 May 2026, 00:00

ER

The Action-Packed Gaming Company, based on the success of the previous

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sameerdrana

18 Jul 2021, 03:57

280

14

41,455

by: VerbalBot

27 May 2026, 23:21