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English speaking practice and pronunciation practice is an invaluable method for improving fluency and confidence when speaking English. The student repeats a phrase or sentence after hearing the native speaker say it. The student repeats the phrase or sentence 3 times. This repetition is crucial. Turn the teacher’s voice up loud, and then repeat with a loud voice.

Persistence and perseverance are keys to success. At first it may seem a little monotonous but soon you will get used to repeating each phrase or sentence 3 times. Soon your self-confidence will grow and you will be able to read with much more certainty which will then filter through to speaking English fluently in conversation, which accurate pronunciation.

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Exercise 2: Mind Maps

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Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, and anti-colonial nationalist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule. In turn he inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: “great-souled”, “venerable”), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, western India, Gandhi trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar at age 22 in June 1891. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, he moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to stay for 21 years. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family, and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.

In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India. He set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women’s rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and above all achieving self-rule.

The same year Gandhi adopted the Indian loincloth, or short dhoti and, in the winter, a shawl, both woven with yarn hand-spun on a traditional Indian spinning wheel, as a mark of identification with India’s rural poor. Thereafter, he lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community, ate simple vegetarian food, and undertook long fasts as a means of self-purification and political protest.

Bringing anti-colonial nationalism to the common Indians, Gandhi led them in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, upon many occasions, in both South Africa and India. Gandhi’s vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a new Muslim nationalism which was demanding a separate Muslim homeland carved out of India.

In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. As many displaced Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs made their way to their new lands, religious violence broke out, especially in the Punjab and Bengal. Eschewing the official celebration of independence in Delhi, Gandhi visited the affected areas, attempting to provide solace.

In the months following, he undertook several fasts unto death to stop religious violence. The last of these, undertaken on 12 January 1948 when he was 78, also had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan. Some Indians thought Gandhi was too accommodating. Among them was a Hindu nationalist, who assassinated Gandhi on 30 January 1948 by firing three bullets into his chest.

Gandhi’s birthday, on October 2, is commemorated in India as a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. Gandhi is commonly, though not formally, considered the Father of the Nation in India, and was commonly called Bapu (Gujarati: a term of endearment for father, papa).

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Learn how to pronounce SPONTANEOUS correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see SPONTANEOUS in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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The word SPONTANEOUS is an adjective.

It has 4 syllables.

Stress the 2nd syllable.

It’s pronounced spon◦TAY◦nee◦us

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SPONTANEOUS
Definition:
happening because of a sudden impulse, not from preparation or forethought

The clipart shows a warning sign for combustible material which can easily burst into flame.

Let’s look at an illustrated sentence example.

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In the picture we see a little girl with a delighted expression on her face, putting her hand over her mouth.

The sentence reads: The wonderful thing about children is that their reactions are often so spontaneous.

In other words, a child’s natural reaction is often due to impulse rather than a prepared response.

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Examples of SPONTANEOUS from news items:

Unlike older generations’ curated albums and carefully written letters, though, the digital scraps now left behind are often spontaneous and unedited.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/technology/personaltech/digital-artifacts-death.html

Darmanin said the Paris Champs Elysees – a 70-metre-wide avenue that is often the focal point for spontaneous sports celebrations as well as demonstrations – will not be closed on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-worldcup-fra-mar-france-security-idUSKBN2SY0O8

They’ve also been spreading their wings, collaborating with artists from South America, Jamaica and Africa on a number of spontaneous sessions earlier this year.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx6ld55xnzo

The process also resulted in underlying problem-salience — the spontaneous evocation of the food waste problem in consumers’ minds as soon as they need to buy or prepare food.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/29/how-marketing-classes-can-rescue-ugly-produce-from-becoming-waste_partner/

The lab’s findings were published in Nature Microbiology in the paper, “Multiple sclerosis patient derived spontaneous B cells have distinct EBV and host gene expression profiles in active disease.”
Source: Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240528174344.htm

If you are interested in how to pronounce SPONTANEOUS, and seeing SPONTANEOUS in a sentence, be sure to check other words in The Punctuation Guide such as:
Learn How to Pronounce CONTEMPORARY – CONTEMPORARY in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce CONTEMPORARY correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see CONTEMPORARY in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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The word CONTEMPORARY is an adjective.

In British English it has 4 syllables.

Stress the 2nd syllable.

It’s pronounced con◦TEMP◦er◦ee

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In American English, it has 5 syllables.

Again, stress the 2nd syllable.

It’s pronounced con◦TEMP◦or◦air◦ee

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CONTEMPORARY
Definition:
living or occurring at the same time; current, modern

Let’s look at an illustrated sentence example.

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The sentence reads: Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were contemporaries. Here we see them on a camping trip in 1921.

In other words, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison lived at the same time.

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Its temporary foreign worker programs are “a fertile ground for contemporary forms of slavery,” according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/05/local-systems-need-to-prioritize-job-quality-alongside-ethical-production_partner/

Musically, 90s Bollywood soundtracks were incredibly exciting as they not only blended traditional Indian melodies with western orchestras, but audiences began to hear more electronic instrumentation and contemporary pop blends.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2xx180j302o

Those deals strengthened its roster of contemporary novelists and nonfiction writers, giving it more intellectual property that could be turned into films or TV series.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/business/dealbook/blinken-china-beijing-business.html

There’s no chance for those old twin staples of Olympics: exploration and contemporary.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/27/tokyo-olympics-by-bus/

He’s often been asked why he didn’t cycle off overseas and chase the money or new experience like many contemporaries.
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/16/slippers-versatility-and-resilience-gets-him-to-fo/

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Learn How to Pronounce SPONTANEITY – SPONTANEITY in a Sentence

To improve your English fluency and confidence when speaking, use the Synchronized Reading Method. Be sure to watch the Introduction video in the link above first, to understand the methodology. These English reading exercises will dramatically improve your English fluency.

These exercises are designed for intermediate to advanced students who want to sound like a native speaker. By reading along with the teacher at the same time, with the teacher’s voice superimposed over their own, students start to self-correct in the areas of pronunciation and fluency, learning to read and speak in natural word groups.

If you find the pace is too slow, go to the Advanced version, and repeat until you are fluent in sync with the teacher’s reading.

Here is a transcript of the video: ENGLISH Reading Exercise #33 (Intermediate) Presentation Skills 11 of 28

Be sure to watch the introductory video to this playlist before doing this exercise.
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Why Keeping it Simple is Not So Stupid!
Do you really want to improve in your communication skills? Then apply KISS!
What’s KISS? Organizing genius Kelly Johnson who took a leading role in the design of 40 aircraft, first coined the acronym KISS – “Keep it simple stupid.”

Once Johnson set a team of jet aircraft design engineers a challenge. Handing them a set of tools, he asked them to design the aircraft so that an average mechanic in the field, equipped solely with this set of tools, could carry out the necessary repairs. Oh, and it also had to be possible under combat conditions!
The KISS acronym has been used widely since, with various interpretations.

When it comes to your public speaking, for your presentation to have the desired effect, it must be simple.

Here are 2 guidelines for keeping it simple:

So Remember…
Avoid the tendency to drown excellent information in a sea of words.
Use a variety of sentences, long and short, but make sure they are uncomplicated.
Be sure to explain unfamiliar terms or avoid jargon altogether.
Keeping the KISS principle in mind in the preparation stage of your presentation will make sure your own mind is sharp and focused. Then you can be sure your presentation will come over that way to your listeners also.
Remember to add the “Keep It Simple” principle to your list of communication skills. As Leonardo Da Vinci is quoted as saying: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Next: Accuracy & Clarity: Watch What You Say!

To improve your English fluency and confidence when speaking, use the Synchronized Reading Method. Be sure to watch the Introduction video in the link above first, to understand the methodology. These English reading exercises will dramatically improve your English fluency.

These exercises are designed for intermediate to advanced students who want to sound like a native speaker. By reading along with the teacher at the same time, with the teacher’s voice superimposed over their own, students start to self-correct in the areas of pronunciation and fluency, learning to read and speak in natural word groups.

If you find the pace is too fast, go to the Intermediate version, and repeat until you are fluent in sync with the teacher’s reading.

Here is a transcript of the video: ENGLISH Reading Exercise #33 (Advanced) Presentation Skills 11 of 28

Be sure to watch the introductory video to this playlist before doing this exercise.
Click on the link below in the Description . . .
(https://youtu.be/IOeaBha6dUU)

Why Keeping it Simple is Not So Stupid!
Do you really want to improve in your communication skills? Then apply KISS!
What’s KISS? Organizing genius Kelly Johnson who took a leading role in the design of 40 aircraft, first coined the acronym KISS – “Keep it simple stupid.”

Once Johnson set a team of jet aircraft design engineers a challenge. Handing them a set of tools, he asked them to design the aircraft so that an average mechanic in the field, equipped solely with this set of tools, could carry out the necessary repairs. Oh, and it also had to be possible under combat conditions!
The KISS acronym has been used widely since, with various interpretations.

When it comes to your public speaking, for your presentation to have the desired effect, it must be simple.

Here are 2 guidelines for keeping it simple:

So Remember…
Avoid the tendency to drown excellent information in a sea of words.
Use a variety of sentences, long and short, but make sure they are uncomplicated.
Be sure to explain unfamiliar terms or avoid jargon altogether.
Keeping the KISS principle in mind in the preparation stage of your presentation will make sure your own mind is sharp and focused. Then you can be sure your presentation will come over that way to your listeners also.
Remember to add the “Keep It Simple” principle to your list of communication skills. As Leonardo Da Vinci is quoted as saying: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Next: Accuracy & Clarity: Watch What You Say!

In this video learn the meaning of THROUGH THICK and THIN, and see THROUGH THICK and THIN in a sentence so you can gain confidence to use this idiom in your own conversation.

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Here is a transcript of the video: “The Meaning of THROUGH THICK AND THIN”

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To support or stay with someone under all circumstances, regardless of the problems or difficulties

The clipart shows a person giving comfort and support to someone.

Let’s look at 3 illustrated sentence examples.

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In the picture, we see an elderly couple walking through the woods.

The sentence reads: They were a devoted couple who stuck with each other through thick and thin.

In other words, through their long life together, they always supported each other through good times and bad.

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In the picture we see friends comforting each other at a funeral.

Sentence example: In times of grief, it’s good to have friends who will stick with you through thick and thin.

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The picture shows a moment from a football game between Arsenal and Fulham, two London teams.

Sentence example: Arsenal F.C., with over 40 million followers on Facebook, has an army of loyal, passionate fans who stick with the club through thick and thin.

In other words, the Arsenal Football Club has many fans who continue to support them when they are winning and when they are losing.

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Notice from the examples, the verb “to stick” is usually used with the idiom through thick and thin.

So in summary, you can describe the support someone gives through all kinds of circumstances as ‘sticking with someone through thick and thin’.

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GET OUT OF HAND – Meaning in a Sentence

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English speaking and pronunciation practice is an invaluable method for improving fluency and confidence when speaking English. The student repeats a phrase or sentence after hearing the native speaker say it. The student repeats the phrase or sentence 3 times. This repetition is crucial. Turn the teacher’s voice up loud, and then repeat with a loud voice.

Persistence and perseverance are keys to success. At first it may seem a little monotonous but soon you will get used to repeating each phrase or sentence 3 times. Soon your self-confidence will grow and you will be able to read with much more certainty which will then filter through to speaking English fluently in conversation, which accurate pronunciation.

Here is ENGLISH SPEAKING & PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Mahatma Ghandi

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The Reading

Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, and anti-colonial nationalist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule. In turn he inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: “great-souled”, “venerable”), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, western India, Gandhi trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar at age 22 in June 1891. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, he moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to stay for 21 years. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family, and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.

In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India. He set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women’s rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and above all achieving self-rule.

The same year Gandhi adopted the Indian loincloth, or short dhoti and, in the winter, a shawl, both woven with yarn hand-spun on a traditional Indian spinning wheel, as a mark of identification with India’s rural poor. Thereafter, he lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community, ate simple vegetarian food, and undertook long fasts as a means of self-purification and political protest.

Bringing anti-colonial nationalism to the common Indians, Gandhi led them in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, upon many occasions, in both South Africa and India. Gandhi’s vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a new Muslim nationalism which was demanding a separate Muslim homeland carved out of India.

In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. As many displaced Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs made their way to their new lands, religious violence broke out, especially in the Punjab and Bengal. Eschewing the official celebration of independence in Delhi, Gandhi visited the affected areas, attempting to provide solace.

In the months following, he undertook several fasts unto death to stop religious violence. The last of these, undertaken on 12 January 1948 when he was 78, also had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan. Some Indians thought Gandhi was too accommodating. Among them was a Hindu nationalist, who assassinated Gandhi on 30 January 1948 by firing three bullets into his chest.

Gandhi’s birthday, on October 2, is commemorated in India as a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. Gandhi is commonly, though not formally, considered the Father of the Nation in India, and was commonly called Bapu (Gujarati: a term of endearment for father, papa).

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ENGLISH SPEAKING PRACTICE
The Echo Speaking Method

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What is the ECHO SPEAKING method?

You hear a native English speaker say a phrase or sentence, and then repeat it trying to mirror or echo the native speaker’s voice intonation, stress, and pronunciation.

But here is the key: REPETITION. By repeating many times the phrase or sentence, your brain begins to bring your speaking style and pronunciation closer to what you hear.

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Why is REPETITION so important?

Because it WORKS!

However, it takes discipline to keep repeating speaking and pronunciation exercises. For those who have the determination to keep going, the reward is great.

Your English becomes more fluent, confident and accurate.

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Allow me to introduce the ENGLISH SPEAKING & PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE playlist here on YouTube.

Each exercise contains text on an interesting subject. Short phrases, long phrases, and sentences are repeated 3 times.

Turn the volume up loud and repeat after the native speaker, with a loud voice. Doing this 3 times for each phrase or sentence greatly improves your accuracy and fluency.

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After going through the ENGLISH SPEAKING & PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE lesson,
continue to the ENGLISH READING PRACTICE playlist.

This playlist contains exercises of the same text, but using the Synchronized Reading method, where you read the text at the same time as the native speaker. Each exercise is available in Advanced or Intermediate level.

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Later in the day or tomorrow, go to the ENGLISH READING playlist,
Exercise 1: Mahatma Ghandi

You will be amazed at how your English will improve!

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This video provides a clear definition of ATTITUDE and 3 illustrated examples of how the word ATTITUDE can be used. Take a moment to look at the picture, then listen and read the sentence example. Then make sure you understand the sentence. Look up in a dictionary any other words you do not understand.

Here is a transcript of the video: “The Definition of ATTITUDE”

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ATTITUDE
Pronounced ATTitude
Definition:
a) a manner of thinking or feeling about a person or thing;
b) uncooperative or arrogant behaviour, or, being assertive with an individual, forceful style of behaviour

Let’s look at 3 illustrated sentence examples.

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The picture shows a woman wearing brightly coloured body paint with an optimistic look on her face.

The sentence reads: People with a positive attitude are optimistic and they remain hopeful and see the best even in difficult situations.

Here’s another example:

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In the picture we see a young woman slumped over he laptop computer, exhausted after researching online college courses.

Sentence: Her attitude toward online college courses began to change when she discovered that many of them had additional hidden costs.

In the next example we see the second meaning of attitude.

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The picture shows a teenager with confident body language.

Sentence: In her teenage years she had real attitude.

Note: When the word ‘attitude’ is used to describe a person who is forceful, aggressive, or arrogant, usually no article is used. e.g. “She has attitude.”

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ATTITUDE: a) a manner of thinking or feeling about a person or thing;
b) uncooperative or arrogant behaviour, or, being assertive with an individual, forceful style of behaviour

Synonyms include:
standpoint
approach
mindset
perspective
sentiment
viewpoint
demeanor
mood

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Here are some common collocations:

good attitude
bad attitude
his/her attitude toward (something)
attitude concerning (something)
joyful attitude
positive attitude
changing attitudes
he/she has got attitude

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Definition of CONTEMPT – CONTEMPT in a Sentence

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Learn how to pronounce CONSEQUENCES correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see CONSEQUENCES in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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The word CONSEQUENCES is a noun.

It has 4 syllables.

Stress the 1st syllable.

It’s pronounced CON◦seh◦qwen◦ses

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CONSEQUENCES
Definition:
the result or effect of something, often unpleasant or unwelcome

The clipart shows a man falling off a ladder. He is experiencing unwelcome consequences from not taking proper safety precautions.

Let’s look at an illustrated sentence example.

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In the picture we see a nurse handling blood products.

The sentence reads: Between 1970 and the early 1990s, over 30,000 patients in the UK were given contaminated blood products with disastrous consequences.

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Examples of CONSEQUENCES from news items:

Such insight also acknowledges that perpetuating odious views that have real-world consequences for people who are vilified for simply trying to exist isn’t merely cruel, it’s lazy hackery.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/24/hacks-comedy-cancel-culture-apology/

But the Royal College of Surgeons of England told us children were lagging behind adults and spending years waiting for NHS surgery – with potentially life-long consequences for their health and development.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pp6jlg85vo

The decision could have huge consequences for a raft of conservative-led lawsuits involving administrative authority — but business groups and Republicans are vowing to fight on.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/business/dealbook/cfpb-supreme-court-regulators.html

“And I said, ‘I can’t help but think you guys are singling me out because these guys aren’t getting flagged, there’s no consequences and these are far worse hits than mine,’” Jackson said.
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/12/kareem-jackson-says-he-hasnt-learned-his-lesson-fr/

As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
Source: Science Daily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240606001356.htm

If you are interested in how to pronounce CONSEQUENCES, be sure to check other words in The Punctuation Guide such as:
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