So the group proposed assigning one code to each character with a common meaning in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, even though, in practice, the same ideogram is often written differently by different nationalities.

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That all added up to Weather Channel forecasts in October and November that were dry-biased, Dr. Neilley said meaning surprise precipitation was more common than false alarms, a reversal of the norm in forecasting.

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And the image didn't blur--a common problem when contrast controls are set to extremes--meaning that the in-game text remained crisp and readable.

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According to Brookes, the latter use of literally - which is especially common in an informal context - sometimes does not add anything to the meaning of a sentence.

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He meant that the Memorial Plaza is so weighted with meaning, and emotions run so deep, that something as common as a dying tree could take on symbolic significance.

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