blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbȯrd 
: a hard smooth usually dark surface used especially in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk
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The light fixtures were salvaged from a local school; a blackboard had been used to make tiles for the shower.
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The current findings are between 2.8 and 4.2 sigma, yet each new round of data brings the DESI team closer to rewriting the understanding of dark energy and sending cosmologists back to their blackboards to invent new theories about the laws of the universe.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
The only thing that seemed actively in use was the blackboard, dense with symbols and equations related to quantum measurement theory, sprawling with bra-ket notation.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
The blackboard helps highlight the significance of knowing scientists as real people and the importance of studying the history of science, especially for younger scientists, Padilla said.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The current findings are between 2.8 and 4.2 sigma, yet each new round of data brings the DESI team closer to rewriting the understanding of dark energy and sending cosmologists back to their blackboards to invent new theories about the laws of the universe.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
The only thing that seemed actively in use was the blackboard, dense with symbols and equations related to quantum measurement theory, sprawling with bra-ket notation.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
The blackboard helps highlight the significance of knowing scientists as real people and the importance of studying the history of science, especially for younger scientists, Padilla said.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Blackboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackboard. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
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