The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a U.S. government agency established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (also called the Dodd-Frank Act) in the wake of the 2007–08 financial crisis. The role of the CFPB is to review the practices of companies, banks, and lenders in the financial services industry and work to...

　　Also called: the Triple Seven (Show more) The Boeing 777 is a family of wide-body twin-engine commercial jet aircraft with variants for both passenger and cargo transportation. The 777 was first flown on June 12, 1994, and commercial service commenced on June 7, 1995. It is the world’s largest two-engine jet (twin jet), and more than 1,200 777s were in...

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　　fediverse, decentralized group of social media platforms in which each independent platform can interact freely with any other platform that is part of the group. Users from one platform can therefore accrue followers and connect with others who are using a different platform. The name fediverse is a portmanteau of federated and universe. In computing, the term federated refers to...

　　Marathi: “Army of Shiva” (Show more) Shiv Sena, right-wing Hindu nationalist political party in India founded by Bal Thackeray on June 19, 1966. Its largest following is in Mumbai (Bombay) and other parts of Maharashtra state. Initially the ideology of Shiv Sena focused on Maharashtrian pride and favoring regional exclusivity and priority for Maharashtrians. The party was opposed to the...

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　　stochastic terrorism, the repeated use of hate speech or other vilifying, dehumanizing rhetoric by a political leader or other public figure that inspires one or more of the figure’s supporters to commit hate crimes or other acts of violence against a targeted person, group, or community. In legal terms, stochastic terrorism generally does not constitute incitement or solicitation to violence,...

　　To be, or not to be, opening line of a monologue spoken by the character Hamlet in Act III, scene 1, of William Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy Hamlet (c. 1599–1601). Often referred to as a soliloquy, the speech technically does not meet that term’s strictest definition—that is, a monologue delivered by an actor alone onstage—because Ophelia, the object of Hamlet’s fickle...

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　　Born: May 20, 2002, Newport Beach, California, U.S. (Show more) Trinity Rodman (born May 20, 2002, Newport Beach, California, U.S.) is an American professional football (soccer) player who is a forward for the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and is on the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). She was the NWSL Rookie of the Year...

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　　30 Rock, a critically acclaimed American television sitcom that aired on the NBC (National Broadcasting Co., Inc.) network from 2006 to 2013. The series, created by the American comedy writer and actor Tina Fey, is based on Fey’s experiences as a head writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, a long-running sketch-comedy and variety television series on NBC. 30 Rock...