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whit·tled
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Webster Dictionary
Whittled
of Whittle
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whittled in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whittled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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When you've sat on that throne of power for hundreds of years and you see your throne legs being whittled down and now you're being lowered down to the level of the people that you consider inferior, it's really troubling and that's why you find a lot of these groups stepping up their recruitment efforts, and what they do is they use a legitimate topic in order to lure people in, the top of it being illegal immigration. That's the browning of America.
There was so much that young people did in the last two to three years to set the stage for climate action at the federal level, and I think in this moment, it's just very hard to see the way in which all of that has been whittled down to one man standing in the way of that action.
We have whittled down potential sites from eight to three, all of which are within 60 to 70 km (37 to 44 miles) from Addis Ababa, once approved, the construction is only a question of four or five years.
I love Lori Loughlin, i've been asked [ about ] it a lot. I've gotten whittled down. I just love Lori Loughlin. I don't know, I'd like to see a lot of other people doing time. We're in such a place where no matter what I say I'm screwed, and I just love Lori Loughlin. That's where I am on that.
In a historical sense, the old idea that the solar wind will just be gradually whittled away as you go further into interstellar space is simply not true, we show with Voyager 2 -- and previously with Voyager 1 -- that there's a distinct boundary out there. It's just astonishing how fluids, including plasmas, form boundaries.
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- tailléFrench
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