as in realms
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements
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In their own realms, General Relativity and the Standard Model can each lay claim to be the most successful physics theory of all-time.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
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Only spacecraft that are small enough to be battery- or solar-powered, such as the Voyager and Juno missions, have reached these outer realms of our solar system.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Aleshire said the searches for the different positions are in separate scopes of the law.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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Smart pills could provide doctors with new ways to access that information without putting patients through traditional scopes and sedation.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Because of this individual variability, losing excess body weight can affect blood pressure to different extents in different people.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2026
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Other agencies impacted to varying extents include the Coast Guard and Secret Service.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2026
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That number includes nearly 30 million who hit traditional driving ranges, simulators and entertainment venues like the ubiquitous Topgolf (a frequent subject of our coverage here at The Dallas Morning News).—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Still, newbies to the compact EV market have plenty of choices with far superior ranges.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Art can take over public spaces, transforming them into a public square that intersects all dimensions of society.—
Jane M. Saks,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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In the early 2000s it was shown that there are at least 10500 different configurations of the six compact dimensions, each theoretically undergirding a universe with different properties.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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