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Its behind-the-scenes work includes calibrating and measuring test equipment for spacecraft, including those being used in the Artemis program.—
Brandon Lingle,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Even better, Chapman is near perfect at calibrating those aggressive, green-light decisions within the context of the game.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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He was found weak and malnourished in the mountains of Ventura County — weighing only 17 pounds.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The winning robot design took inspiration from top human athletes by incorporating long legs measuring approximately 37 inches (95 centimeters) in length, said Du Xiaodi, a test development engineer for Honor, who spoke as a member of the winning team to The Associated Press and other publications.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
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It is proposed that the Dutch Bros Coffee shop measuring 1,193 square feet would go on that site, officials said.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The series is now being adapted for the Brazilian market as part of ReelShort’s aim of scaling its content and expanding its global footprint.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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Honorable Gays is produced by France’s production banner, French Tuck Media, which focuses on scaling premium unscripted and documentary storytelling to amplify underrepresented voices and reflect the nuance and humor of South Asian and LGBTQ+ communities.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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Then with Christos Mantoulidis and Felix Schulze, Chodosh resolved a key problem in the geometric analysis of minimal surfaces, such as a soap film spanning a wire loop.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Wolves now prowl the vast no man’s land spanning Ukraine and Belarus, and brown bears have returned after more than a century.—
Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Somebody has to be paid to do all that quantifying and validating.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
18 Apr. 2026
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Cyber-physical systems going to become very pervasive The concept of cy-trust focuses on quantifying trust in a measurable way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Calipering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipering. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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