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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2025)

Entomology is the scientific study of insects.

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SAARC Region

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2025)

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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2025)

The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug

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Medical prescription

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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2025)

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Gastropub

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2025)

Ice cream social held in a U.S. community college

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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2025)

Scandinavian Peninsula

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2025)

Cheesecake recipe from a family cookbook

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2025)

Katz's Delicatessen, a popular Jewish deli on the Lower East Side in New York City

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2025)

A kerosene storage tank

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2025)

Wooden rake

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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2025)

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2025)

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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2025)

Jack Black in 2023

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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2025)

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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2025)

Japan as seen from a satellite. Honshu is the largest, middle island.

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Honshu

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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2025)

Homemade sock monkeys have been part of U.S. and Canadian culture since the Great Depression.

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Stuffed toy

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2025)

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Internet research

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2025)

Mainboard of a NeXTcube computer

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Motherboard

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