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This Microsoft app has launched a thousand presentations that began with, "Can everyone see my screen?"
PowerPoint
This annual German festival, now celebrated worldwide during the fall, originated in Munich as a royal wedding celebration in 1810.
Oktoberfest
This blue fish often says, "Just keep swimming."
Dory
This is the only school supply students lose faster than their motivation.
Pencil
This artist became the first performer in history to occupy all Top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.
Taylor Swift
This app's notification sound can instantly raise your blood pressure on a Friday afternoon.
Microsoft Teams
This beverage magically costs $8 the moment the weather drops below 70.
Pumpkin Spice Latte
This movie taught us that a door was apparently too small for two people.
Titanic
According to students everywhere, this assignment is best started exactly 12 hours before it's due.
Research paper/Essay
The term "stan," now widely used in pop culture, originated from a song by this rapper.
Eminem
This spreadsheet program has ended friendships over broken formulas.
Excel
This weather phenomenon is commonly associated with crisp fall mornings and forms when water vapor condenses near the ground.
Fog
This movie's lesson was simple: never open the suspicious park featuring cloned dinosaurs.
Jurassic Park
This phrase describes convincing yourself you'll study after watching "just one more episode."
Procrastination
This South Korean series became one of Netflix's most-watched programs globally.
Squid Game
The most terrifying Microsoft message in history begins with these words.
UPDATES!
This astronomical event, occurring around September 22 or 23 in the Northern Hemisphere, marks the official start of fall.
Autumnal Equinox
This 1999 science fiction film popularized the concept of humans unknowingly living in a simulated reality.
The Matrix
In economics, this term describes the value of the next-best alternative that is given up.
Opportunity cost
In the show "The Office" Kevin's most famous recipe ended up covering the office floor.
This process identifies gaps between current employee skills and desired performance.
Needs Assessment
The migration of monarch butterflies spans thousands of miles and typically ends in this country.
Mexico
Often called the "father of suspense," this director created Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
Alfred Hitchcock
This annual event causes traffic jams, empty store shelves, and at least one person to ask, "Why does a 3rd grader need 24 glue sticks?"
Back-to-School Shopping
This modern ritual begins with opening one app for a quick check and ends 45 minutes later with you watching a video about a penguin, a pasta recipe, and someone's vacation in Greece.
Doomscrolling