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Mathew J Tombers told C21 the main reason for the move was the recession, but that there were also other "outside factors," although he declined to give details.

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  1. intransitive verb To change in position from one point to another: moved away from the window.
  2. intransitive verb To progress in sequence; go forward: a novel that moves slowly.
  3. intransitive verb To follow a specified course: Earth moves around the sun.
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  • Israeli military spokesman Major Peter Lerner, of the military's Civil Co-ordination Office, claimed the move was a "goodwill gesture" to the Dutch government, a statement that was later transformed in some media reports to "a goodwill gesture from the Israeli government to the people of Gaza." —  UK Indymedia Features
  • Further, Ho said this move is a strategic way for T-Mobile USA to fight back against competitors without initiating a rate-plan battle. —  RCR Wireless News >> Opinion
  • Seeking to debunk the suggestion by "an article in the public press" that the move was at the behest of the government, Landenburg analyst Dick Bove put out a note this afternoon with a clarification from JPMorgan. —  Dealbreaker
  • Admittedly, this move has been a long time coming; I haven't actually watched since the totally ludicrous second episode, where Skeet Ulrich (pictured) tried to make like a small-screen Jean-Claude Van Damme. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Not just because he's dropped his first name to record with the creatively titled band Daughtry (such a move is all the rage, or so I'm told*), but rather, because the former —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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movement ·  shoot ·  plan ·  go ·  today ·  return ·  step ·  position ·  approach ·  right ·  attack ·  one

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move:   moves ·  moving ·  moved
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English moven, from Old French movoir, from Latin movēre; see meuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also moove, mieve; from Middle English moven, moeven, meven, mefen, from Old French mover, mouver); muver, also moveir, muveir, movoir, French mouvoir = Spanish Portuguese mover = Italian movere, muovere, from Latin movere, move, = Sanskrit mīv, push. Hence ult. (from Latin movere) English amove, remove, promote, remote, mobile, moble, mob, mote, motile, motion, motor, motive, amotion, emotion, commotion, moment, mutine, etc.
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