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ER

Merco has been in business longer than Nolen. Inc, Olean Industries wa

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Bunuel

19 Dec 2019, 05:00

57

8

25,521

by: Chakrawarty

12 Jul 2025, 15:50

ER

In 1980, a Danish ten-øre coin minted in 1747 was sold at auction for

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Bunuel

19 Dec 2019, 04:56

60

19

21,223

by: agrasan

12 Jul 2025, 05:07

ER -1

In today’s pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in

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Bunuel

19 Dec 2019, 04:45

69

5

26,118

by: Gmathub

09 Dec 2024, 00:19

ER

To improve the town’s overcrowded school system, the town council has

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Bunuel

19 Dec 2019, 00:21

15

9

9,436

by: VerbalBot

11 Jun 2024, 07:09

Statement: You should be very careful so that the society does not ad

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Tj046

18 Dec 2019, 01:11

2

1,634

by: siddharthkapoor

19 Dec 2019, 06:17

ER

If you have no keyboarding skills at all, you will not be able to use

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Bunuel

08 Apr 2026, 06:27

28

11

9,827

by: VerbalBot

08 Apr 2026, 06:22

ER

CR "scope" vs "issue"

RashedVai

17 Dec 2019, 20:47

1

990

by: bb

17 Dec 2019, 21:09

ER

Some commentators complain that a “litigation explosion” in the past

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 06:13

102

5

24,511

by: VerbalBot

20 Jan 2026, 11:36

ER

The burden of maintaining the U.S. highway system falls disproportiona

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 05:17

65

4

22,743

by: VerbalBot

13 Oct 2025, 23:36

ER

June is taller than Kristin. Letty is taller than Maria. Maria is shor

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 05:03

32

7

31,182

by: VerbalBot

10 Oct 2025, 08:51

ER -1

At an enormous research cost, a leading chemical company has developed

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 04:38

51

9

23,527

by: VerbalBot

25 Apr 2026, 23:45

ER

At an enormous research cost, a leading chemical company has developed

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 04:38

165

11

37,171

by: adithya000

19 Jun 2025, 00:46

ER -1

History textbooks frequently need to be revised. The reasons for this

705-805 (Hard) | Inference

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Bunuel

17 Dec 2019, 00:09

32

8

10,027

by: Pratyaksh1907

04 Jan 2026, 06:09

Ethicist: Although science is frequently said to be morally neutral, i

655-705 (Hard) | Inference

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akela

16 Dec 2019, 11:05

20

7

7,527

by: VerbalBot

05 Dec 2025, 05:13

ER

A company that manufactures heavy industrial equipment employs dozens

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Bunuel

15 Dec 2019, 23:31

14

6

9,234

by: VerbalBot

18 Mar 2026, 06:10

ER

The economy is doing badly. First, the real estate slump has been with

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ShankSouljaBoi

15 Dec 2019, 22:40

56

6

9,297

by: srik410

17 Jul 2025, 04:28

ER

If the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all

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Bunuel

14 Dec 2019, 03:27

10

5

3,800

by: VerbalBot

06 Oct 2022, 08:59

ER

If the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all

805+ (Hard) | Assumption

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Bunuel

14 Dec 2019, 03:27

64

5

11,576

by: VerbalBot

09 Aug 2025, 09:34

ER

Unless the residents of Glen Hills band together, the proposal to rezo

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Bunuel

13 Dec 2019, 00:05

30

11

8,676

by: VerbalBot

09 Jul 2024, 04:31

ER

Contrary to recent speculations, no hardware store will be opening in

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akela

12 Dec 2019, 16:03

15

1

5,655

by: luisdicampo

19 Nov 2025, 08:14

ER

As dietitian for this 300-person school, I am concerned about the sudd

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Bunuel

12 Dec 2019, 00:06

17

6

7,964

by: VerbalBot

12 Oct 2025, 03:07

ER

Economist: The law of demand predicts that as the price of a good goes

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Bunuel

11 Dec 2019, 00:14

21

10

6,306

by: VerbalBot

25 Aug 2025, 21:17

ER

Since a bird's body temperature can increase as much as 10 degrees Fah

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Bunuel

10 Dec 2019, 00:38

6

3,302

by: exc4libur

10 Dec 2019, 19:57

ER

A neighborhood in downtown Pittsburgh has experienced a sharp increase

805+ (Hard) | Logical Flaw, Similar Reasoning

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shridhar786

09 Dec 2019, 22:54

43

8

6,306

by: VerbalBot

13 Aug 2024, 22:31

ER

A small car offers less protection in an accident than a large car doe

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Bunuel

08 Dec 2019, 23:58

6

4,456

by: chaitralirr

09 Dec 2019, 23:07

ER

Any doctor who is confident about what medication is appropriate to tr

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DealMakerOne

08 Dec 2019, 10:31

4

2

1,757

by: VerbalBot

28 Dec 2025, 08:30

ER

The average CEO is paid many times more than the average

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freedom128

07 Dec 2019, 23:17

6

2

4,839

by: VerbalBot

31 Dec 2021, 04:37

ER

With continuous advertising through email, infomercials,

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shridhar786

06 Dec 2019, 21:07

37

5

6,561

by: Sunsh

08 Apr 2026, 21:00

ER

A study published by the Department of Education shows that children i

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Sajjad1994

06 Dec 2019, 08:17

10

4

3,807

by: VerbalBot

27 Dec 2024, 05:48

ER

We should abolish the public education system and allow schools to

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Sajjad1994

06 Dec 2019, 08:11

4

3

3,020

by: Sajjad1994

19 Jan 2021, 03:40

ER

Either you severely punish a child who is bad or the child will grow

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Sajjad1994

06 Dec 2019, 08:05

4

1

2,842

by: Sajjad1994

09 Dec 2019, 12:13

ER -1

The single greatest weakness of American parties is their inability to

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Sajjad1994

06 Dec 2019, 08:00

14

3

2,867

by: VerbalBot

10 Jul 2024, 02:44

ER

The single greatest weakness of American parties is their inability to

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Sajjad1994

06 Dec 2019, 07:58

20

3

3,588

by: VerbalBot

01 Jun 2024, 03:07

ER

Human beings can see the spatial relations among objects by processing

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Bunuel

06 Dec 2019, 03:05

41

13

17,762

by: egmat

23 Sep 2025, 23:46

-1

Environmentalist: The excessive atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide,

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akela

05 Dec 2019, 16:54

26

6

9,392

by: ironfury

19 Sep 2025, 09:25

ER

Hospitals, universities, labor unions, and other institutions may well

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Hovkial

05 Dec 2019, 10:17

12

2

5,210

by: VerbalBot

21 Nov 2025, 05:39

ER

Automation, the trademark of a modern economy, is essential to maximiz

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Bunuel

05 Dec 2019, 00:25

22

11

10,540

by: VerbalBot

26 Dec 2025, 01:35

ER

New CR Forum Moderator

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bb

04 Dec 2019, 21:36

3

5

1,916

by: siddharthkapoor

05 Dec 2019, 15:18

ER

Watching music videos from the 1970s would give the viewer the

605-655 (Medium) | Similar Reasoning

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Hovkial

04 Dec 2019, 17:13

16

2

5,325

by: VerbalBot

19 May 2025, 00:00

ER

We must do something about the rising cost of our state prisons. It no

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Sajjad1994

04 Dec 2019, 10:27

8

3

3,086

by: VerbalBot

19 Feb 2026, 21:29

ER -1

Total contributions by individuals to political parties were up 25 per

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Sajjad1994

04 Dec 2019, 10:25

7

6

3,854

by: Pratyaksh1907

22 Dec 2025, 05:59

ER

The federal bankruptcy laws illustrate the folly of do-good protection

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Sajjad1994

04 Dec 2019, 10:21

9

2

3,015

by: VerbalBot

10 Jul 2024, 15:39

-1

Critic to economist: In yet another of your bumbling forecasts, last

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Hovkial

04 Dec 2019, 09:09

17

10

5,909

by: mayankdgmat

29 May 2024, 10:56

ER

Mainstream economic theory holds that manufacturer's, in deciding what

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nightblade354

04 Dec 2019, 07:58

14

2

7,218

by: VerbalBot

05 Feb 2026, 14:12

ER

Political Commentator: During the previous presidential administration

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Bunuel

04 Dec 2019, 00:03

11

6

5,776

by: dhwanit2412

23 Aug 2024, 21:37

An environmental organization is currently conducting a series of demo

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JiddiHuMain

03 Dec 2019, 22:50

12

4

4,141

by: Rohan271

12 Feb 2025, 11:07

Current scholarship on Romantic literature neglects the vital

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Raxit85

03 Dec 2019, 04:03

4

2,778

by: thatvogonpoet

03 Apr 2024, 09:56

ER

Virtually all health experts agree that second-hand smoke poses a seri

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Bunuel

02 Dec 2019, 23:34

12

8

8,903

by: Bunuel

03 Dec 2019, 23:12

ER

Dogs that eat late at night do so multiple times disturbing the sleep

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sharathnair14

02 Dec 2019, 12:50

30

12

8,013

by: DmitryFarberMPrep

16 Mar 2025, 01:23

ER

Due to significant advances in biotechnology, experts predict that wit

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Bunuel

02 Dec 2019, 00:16

10

9

8,481

by: VerbalBot

24 Nov 2022, 01:27