Thesaurus results for METHODS

methods

noun

plural of method

as in approaches

the means or procedure for doing something the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things

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Recent Examples of methods That range spans about 370 parts-per-billion between the various estimates, with some overlapping with Fermilab’s experimental data and others, particularly from the older R-ratio methods, disagreeing with Fermilab’s data at greater than the 5-sigma threshold. —

Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026 The season will be the true test for Yamamoto’s training methods, which have been infamous since before his transition from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, and are already spreading across the Dodgers’ clubhouse. —

Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 Shor’s milestone result underscored the importance of quantum encryption methods that didn’t require assumptions about mathematical difficulty. —

Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026 The bottom line is that operating our city, our county and our schools has become unsustainable under current methods. —

Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 States may accept alternate verification methods. —

Terry Moseley, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 Love and blessings, fresh new insights and methods, focus on the practical, and what should be plenty of money. —

Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2026 Roll-to-roll coating methods are preferred in industry because the coatings are applied continuously to large rolls of a substrate material, such as paper or other biodegradable plastics. —

J. Carson Meredith, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026 For example, maybe the problem isn't us or our methods. —

Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
As the 2030 deadline approaches, the state is producing a record number of graduates each year but is still 170,000 annual awards away from meeting its goal.

— Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026