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abnegation

Many of his most famous compositions depict the poet hurrying through a list of tasks creative and banal; they hum with a frenetic intensity that is counterbalanced but not abnegated by their insistent sprezzatura.

—p.38 Lyric and the Service Sector: Frank O’Hara at Work (37) by Jasper Bernes
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alterity

Thus, in one fell swoop, he erased the entire history of Felix and Romanian computer production, positioning the country as technologically retrograde due to its anticapitalist alterity.

—p.141 The Most Dangerous Town on the Internet (133) by Erin McElroy
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toponymic

Yet even the South Bay, San Jose, and San Francisco—­cities collectively recognized as Silicon Valley—­bear imperial toponymies, referencing lands vio- lently stolen from Ohlone and Miwok peoples

—p.16 Introduction (1) by Erin McElroy
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peremptory

He had suddenly adopted a peremptory tone, as if he wanted to take me along with him and save me from myself. And from the present.

—p.106 by Patrick Modiano
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abrogation

How do courts justify the abrogation of the right to strike by labor-management negotiators?

—p.22 Where Do Workers’ Rights Come From? (17) by Daniel Gross
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