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Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience.

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New York City seems to finally be getting some financial support from the federal government when it comes to the continued influx of asylum seekers. On Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

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Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and ...