When it comes from elected officials, vaulted executives or authority figures, a simple word choice can make all the difference.

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"A critical issue in this case, and it's a simple enough word, it's intent, " defense attorney Christopher Wright told the jury.

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His first tweet, a simple five-word, twenty-three character burst came at 12:20 PM EST.

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Arabic is such a language that the simple addition of a mere letter to a word can completely change the entire meaning of it.

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The devices are derided sometimes for being limited in their reliance on apps, but those apps can allow a user to accomplish a myriad of tasks, from simple word processing to completing business projects.

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If you're absolutely certain you're going to run only text-based word processors or spreadsheets on an IBM-compatible, or simple word processors and spreadsheets on a Mac, you can settle for a basic box with one megabyte of memory and a 40-megabyte hard drive.

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Given how every word for most conference calls is debated and fought for between executive management and attorneys, a simple declaration of error could only be allowed in the presence of demonstrable and continuing success.

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As seemingly simple as it is to go to Merriam Webster Online, we once could and still can understand a word in its context.

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