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baton
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baton
1. a thin stick used by the conductor of an orchestra, choir, etc., to indicate rhythm or expression
2. Athletics a short bar carried by a competitor in a relay race and transferred to the next runner at the end of each stage
3. a long stick with a knob on one end, carried, twirled, and thrown up and down by a drum major or drum majorette, esp at the head of a parade


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I think it's time to pass the baton to someone else, and what I was thinking was it would be fun to work as a consultant to the district and do some of the things I enjoy doing without being frantically busy every day," Gerard said.
At that point you could pass the baton of blame to security, but Artest just lost it.
The best of luck to Cheryl Pachak Brooks, NCTM, as we now pass the baton.
 
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