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adducing

verb

present participle of adduce

as in citing

to give as an example in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts

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Teymouri filed a motion last week seeking to have the couple held on $100 million bail, citing their extreme wealth.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Americans 55 and over now hold roughly $140 trillion, about three-quarters of the nation’s net worth, Fortune reported this month, citing a Bank of America Institute analysis of the Fed data.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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Trump later complained that CNN and MS NOW did not cover Xi’s visit, without mentioning his efforts to ban the two outlets from the White House grounds.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Suffice it to say the mystery bullets that landed in Rate Field’s bleachers in 2023 and wounded two women definitely aren’t relevant to this feel-good story but are worth mentioning to remind us how much the Sox narrative has changed.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

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adducing

add (up)

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