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English word

by

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /baɪ/US /baɪ/
adverb

past

preposition

used for showing how or in what way something is done

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So if you look forward 30 years, you know, the year 2050 has been labeled by scientists as this kind of almost like this doomsday deadline on climate.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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But first, let's get philosophical by starting with this quote by Voltaire, an 18th century Enlightenment philosopher, who said, "Common sense is not so common."

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