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Using microstimulation to inject artificial bursts of activity into V2, the researchers timed these bursts relative to the gamma rhythms in V4.
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New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Results are similar in Indonesia and Viet Nam, relative to those countries’ smaller sizes.
—Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Office of Social Equity and Innovation, which includes the Office of Neighborhood Safety, took one of the biggest hits to its workforce relative to its size, with a 23% reduction, most of them through layoffs.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
The idea would then be to align the telescope lengthways with the orientation of the target exoplanet relative to its star.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Results are similar in Indonesia and Viet Nam, relative to those countries’ smaller sizes.
—Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Office of Social Equity and Innovation, which includes the Office of Neighborhood Safety, took one of the biggest hits to its workforce relative to its size, with a 23% reduction, most of them through layoffs.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
The idea would then be to align the telescope lengthways with the orientation of the target exoplanet relative to its star.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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