Even among statisticians, who fully understand that true randomness includes repetition, there is often a misguided attempt to _____ one`s chances of winning the lottery by declining to select numbers that have recently appeared on winning tickets.
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"Out of sight, out of mind" is a useful _____ for those who cannot develop a logical argument to defense their failure to be concerned about poverty in foreign nations.
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Although it initially seemed that the ideological gap between them was insurmountable-he believed in _____ while she believed in accumulating wealth, he in sensitivity towards others while she in self-interest-the marriage ultimately lasted 52 years until his death.
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Those who criticized Coco Chanel`s later clothing designs misjudged as _____ the style that generations of women to come would regard as the epitome of high fashion.
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Since receiving a promotion to departmental chair, Brookstone has been even more prone to _____ against the university`s administration, and consequently has lost several professional allies.
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Sergei`s belief in astrology, a pseudoscience whose practitioners provide results than can never be conclusively proven or falsified, left him vulnerable to _____.
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The _____ international aid agencies have toward selecting a fresh cause to champion approximately every five years is indicative of their desire to avoid apathy due to overexposure and, instead, continue to stimulate donor interest.
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Discussions about the use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener lead to _____ among nutritionists, and the use of aspartame, which is also common, is just as controversial.
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Further recognition of the destructive effects of targeting fast food advertising at young children may lead to more efforts to _____ such tactics: there is already clear evidence that the necessary prohibitive regulations have widespread support.
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Even though the judge personally found the law _____, his moral objection did not provide a legal basis on which to rule the law unconstitutional.
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Completely impenetrable to the layperson, the ancient text was _____ even to experts in the field.
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The feudalism practiced by Carolingian rulers was still in its _____ stage; only later did features such as subinfeudation and the consequent necessity of designating a liege lord lead to the fully-developed system familiar to students of the High Middle Ages.
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A key element of The Smiths` recognizable sound came from the tension between Morrissey`s _____ lyrics and the cheerful, almost bouncy music composed by Johnny Marr.
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The bride was mortified to learn that her dress-which had appeared delicate, even _____, in the artificial light of the boutique-was nearly transparent in the bright sunlight of her outdoor wedding.
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The public`s fascination with celebrities coupled with the innovations of the electronic age may inspire a new cadre of amateur "paparazzi": there are certainly indications that such a trend is _____.
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The doctor`s real mistake, from the perspective of his _____ professional friends who quickly jilted him, was not that his choice of treatment was inappropriate, but rather that it was viscerally objectionable to the medical establishment.
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By reordering the sentences in the problem and adding distracting figures, the professor successfully _____ a previously easy exam question and made it almost impossible to solve.
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Because she always had the correct answers to life`s difficult dilemmas, my grandmother was sought after for her _____ by family members and neighbors.
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The _____ road, made what seemed like a short trip on a map much longer in reality; it twisted its way through mountains to get from one valley to another.
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Classmates who had pre-judged Lucy as unaware were surprised when she made the _____ observation that their professor`s missing coffee mug indicated that he had left for the day.
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