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Ross

I believe the answer is:

sic

(Other definitions for sic that I've seen before include "It calls attention to a quoted mistake" , "Printing term to denote accuracy though it appears otherwise" , "Like" , "Thus, sounds ill" , "As it stands, in printing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
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