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- noun Plural form of
kind .
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On the other hand, when we look primarily at differences of structure we find that not only are there wide and distinct gaps between the larger categories, such as mammals and birds, with few or no intermediate forms, but the actual individuals most closely similar to one another naturally and inevitably fall into distinct groups which we call kinds or species.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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By accepting "kinds" and "evolution within kinds" what the YEC is claiming is that God originally created these groups and no others have appeared since and that all evolution within kinds is by descent with modification.
19th Century Evangelical Scholars, Old Earth and Evolution 2010
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In this context, the term "kinds" is so vague as to be worthless.
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Conversely, if Obamacare is plagued by certain kinds of problems that could renew political pressure for things like Medicare buy-in or the creation of a new public option.
Matthew Yglesias » The Right’s Opportunity in Health Reform 2009
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Conversely, if Obamacare is plagued by certain kinds of problems that could renew political pressure for things like Medicare buy-in or the creation of a new public option.
Matthew Yglesias » The Right’s Opportunity in Health Reform 2009
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There are certain kinds of trips that are — if the trains exist — intrinsically better-suited to passenger rail than to driving or flying.
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It tends to leave those fields of endeavor plagued by certain kinds of inefficiencies.
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Bush ordered certain kinds of interrogrations and ways of treating prisoners.
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We also seem to me to not do enough, regulation-wise, to prevent certain kinds of gender discrimination in the workplace — though this is an issue that the 111th Congress is making progress on.
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We also seem to me to not do enough, regulation-wise, to prevent certain kinds of gender discrimination in the workplace — though this is an issue that the 111th Congress is making progress on.
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