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were point
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A discrete division of something.
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The most common were point mutations, which flip one letter of the genetic code into another.
Girls, though, were point zero; they were the world to Oscar.
Jamie and Vivian were point guards at rival Orlando high schools — the backdrop for their initial meeting.
Early last month, NBA.com's Sekou Smith claimed five of the top 10 players in the running for Most Valuable Player were point guards.
"A lot of our chances were point blank, but he made the saves," Ferraro said of the National Hockey League's most successful goalie this season.
Some of the estimated CMFs were point estimates while others were functions of traffic volume (i.e., the CMF changed depending on the traffic volume).
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But they were point-to-point.
Of his 20 saves, several were point-blank stops.
The bulk of these sediments were point-sourced and accumulated in a system of coalescing fans that formed a clastic wedge along the boundary fault system.
But even if we did have detailed knowledge of the PSF, its use would provide a good estimate of the total source counts only if the source were point-like.
David Cole, chairman of Darwin-based youth suicide prevention program, the Balunu Foundation, said the closures were "point-blank genocide" and he was anticipating devastating consequences among the affected populations.
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