as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined
a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
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Fifty years ago this weekend, scientists radioed a distant cluster of stars a pictogram using binary code.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
So at the current odds, a contract for Trump would cost about $0.57 and one for Harris roughly $0.44 on Robinhood, with the same binary $0 or $1 return offered for each contract.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The outcome is binary as far as sectors of the stock market are concerned.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
And yet we are left with a binary choice that, perhaps, leaves something to be desired.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
So at the current odds, a contract for Trump would cost about $0.57 and one for Harris roughly $0.44 on Robinhood, with the same binary $0 or $1 return offered for each contract.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The outcome is binary as far as sectors of the stock market are concerned.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
And yet we are left with a binary choice that, perhaps, leaves something to be desired.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Binary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.
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