QT

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“Queer is also a term used by activists and academics: queer politics; scholars of queer literature. The term has more recently come to include any person whose sexuality or gender identity falls outside the heterosexual norm or the gender binary.” – dictionary.com

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pyrolysis

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“Why does the chemical industry care so much about gutting standards in this specific part of the Clean Air Act? They want to build pyrolysis incinerators across the country without having to deal with these pesky pollution controls, which would allow them to do this more cheaply and easily—and not have to be saddled with required air quality monitoring and the stigma that comes with being an incinerator.”
from — Fullmer, R., & Sharp, R. (2026, May 11). Trump EPA Proposes Toxic Loophole for Plastics Incineration. NRDC. Retrieved June 30, 2026

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promote

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“‘I told you not to promote him,’ said Colonel Korn, ‘but you wouldn’t listen to me.'”
From “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller

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prefabricated housing

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“For the last five decades, manufactured homes have been required by federal law to be built on a permanent chassis, a base with wheels that allows them to be moved, similar to classic mobile homes. In practice, though, most manufactured homes never move once they reach their destination.”
From CNN

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pollution remediation

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“Thermal desorption is a technology for soil remediation. During the process a desorber volatilizes the contaminants (e.g. oil, mercury or hydrocarbon) to separate them from especially soil or sludge. After that the contaminants can either be collected or destroyed in an offgas treatment system.”
From  Wikipedia

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