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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Words in Context
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Studying menus from nineteenth-century restaurants, old coupons clipped out of newspapers, and posters promoting concerts by long-forgotten musicians may seem like a frivolous pursuit, but ephemeral objects like these are useful as evidence of cultural change: they can __________ shifts in norms, values, and concerns that traditional objects of historical inquiry may not.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A
dissociate from
B
collude with
C
compensate for
D
attest to