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Sarah Kaufman

United States, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Medium, MSN, MSN Canada, The New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Forbes, The Independent (UK), The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and
Author, most recently: VERB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (Penguin); and THE ART OF GRACE (W.W. Norton). Nieman '21.
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Your verbs are more powerful than you think: Why thoughtful language matters even more today

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By Sarah Kaufman
| Monocle Verified
“If you need me,” said the server, handing out menus, “just ‘Hey, lady’ me.” I had just sat down in a busy diner in the mountains of North Carolina, a place where plainspoken friendliness is as common as bears in the backyard. Even so, this woman’s cheerful suggestion disarmed me. I liked her panache. She had flipped what is ordinarily a rude exclamation into a signal of warmth and subversive wit. She had made it a positive verb.
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‘Transported’ Review: Lost in a Musical Daydream

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By Sarah Kaufman
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
We store memories as a jumble of sensory fragments. Music can snap the pieces together and conjure up old feelings. Customers listen to the latest record releases in London in 1955. Getty Images If scientists could peek into your brain while you listened to Chet Baker sing “My Funny Valentine,” perhaps they’d see how his worn-down murmurings float you off to a nightclub in the stars.
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The Future of the Bus: Opportunities for Innovation

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By Sarah Kaufman, Anthony Cardenas Verified, Dane Nielson, Jaley Bruursema, Jack Kelly, Ruby Foxall, Zachary Alfaro
| NYU
The New York–New Jersey bus system is at a pivotal moment. Rising operating costs, workforce shortages, uncertain funding, and shifting travel patterns are placing sustained pressure on bus operators across the region, even as automation, electrification, and data-driven technologies rapidly advance.
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