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Though a good many opponents of the proposed hospital merger simply
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Though a good many opponents of the proposed hospital merger simply ______ reiterate objections that state regulators publicly dismantled years earlier during an exhaustive antitrust review, a handful of the critics do raise genuinely unresolved concerns.
| Two Answers |
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| A. formulate |
| B. reiterate |
| C. abandon | D. retread | E. anticipate |
| F. suppress |
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Re: Though a good many opponents of the proposed hospital merger simply
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Can you please explain sir
Though a good many opponents of the proposed hospital merger simply
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Explanation
The sentence contrasts two groups:
A good many opponents simply repeat old objections that were already dismantled years earlier.
A handful of critics raise genuinely unresolved concerns.
The blank must mean to repeat or recycle previously discredited objections.
Reiterate = to say or do again; repeat.
Retread = to reuse or recycle (an old idea, argument, or plot) without significant change.
Both fit perfectly: the opponents are rehashing arguments that have already been rejected.
Why the Others Are Incorrect
A. formulate - means to create or express for the first time. The objections are not new; they were already dismantled.
C. abandon - means to give up. The sentence says they are still raising objections, not dropping them.
E. anticipate - means to expect or foresee. Not related to repeating old objections.
F. suppress - means to restrain or hold back. The opponents are actively voicing objections, not suppressing them.
The sentence contrasts two groups:
A good many opponents simply repeat old objections that were already dismantled years earlier.
A handful of critics raise genuinely unresolved concerns.
The blank must mean to repeat or recycle previously discredited objections.
Reiterate = to say or do again; repeat.
Retread = to reuse or recycle (an old idea, argument, or plot) without significant change.
Both fit perfectly: the opponents are rehashing arguments that have already been rejected.
Why the Others Are Incorrect
A. formulate - means to create or express for the first time. The objections are not new; they were already dismantled.
C. abandon - means to give up. The sentence says they are still raising objections, not dropping them.
E. anticipate - means to expect or foresee. Not related to repeating old objections.
F. suppress - means to restrain or hold back. The opponents are actively voicing objections, not suppressing them.
