carrying charge

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Recent Examples of carrying charge Beyond the realm of the physical world, where particles are involved in simple roles like carrying charge or existing as matter, there is the quantum world, where particles pass through solid barriers or communicate via large distances even though they are not connected in any manner. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2025 The report also said that carrying charges — the monthly payments made by members — had not kept up with the rising costs of operating the co-op and between 50 to 100 residents did not pay those charges on time. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024 As a result, most of the battery's volume and bulk is dedicated to things that don't contribute to carrying charges between the electrodes, which sets a limit on the sorts of energy densities that these technologies can reach. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023 Co-op residents — often referred to as member-owners — pay monthly fees called carrying charges. Nneka McGuire and Nicholas Padiak, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018 He was charged once before with a weapons offense in 2014, but that unlawful carry charge was dropped when he was convicted of driving while intoxicated. Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018 The paper, published in the journal Joule, details how scientists added a compound made up of phosphorus and sulfur elements to the electrolyte liquid, which carries charge within batteries. NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017 One of the clearest examples is the fractional quantum Hall effect, in which instead of an electron that carries charge as the building block, one observes the fundamental building block to be fragments of an electron that carry fractional charges. Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2016
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Noun
  • In addition, an 18% service charge is automatically applied to select purchases, including beverage items, bar retail items, specialty restaurant cover charges, for-purchase à la carte menu items, and spa and salon services.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • That puts an immense amount of pressure on Marathon to lead Sony’s struggling live service charge, and the fate of Bungie as a whole could be in its hands.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sure, the unemployment rate, but does that really apply to me?
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Seoul / BeijingReuters — As Europe sweats through record-breaking temperatures, Asian makers of air conditioners, like South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, China’s Midea and Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, are enjoying a boom in sales.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • But Coleman said that cities are already struggling to maintain a high quality of service in a context of high inflation, cuts in federal funding, and stagnant sales revenue.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The desire to recoup tariff revenue and refill the Treasury’s coffers, now being depleted by refunds to importers, is a preeminent priority.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
  • But tariffs created using that statute can last for only 150 days, with any extension requiring congressional approval.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • In fact, the operating margin would have increased year over year if not for the surcharge dynamic.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • While gas prices have cooled in recent weeks, the wartime surcharge is still adding more than $360 million a day in higher gasoline costs.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • West Ham’s asking price is going up.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The first of such events took place in 2017, but the property was listed in 2020 with an asking price of $4 million.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

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“Carrying charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20charge. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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