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Recent Examples of concretion
Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
The museum was interested and asked to keep it to work on it to take off the many layers on concretion on it.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
Parade sets out to go beyond the novel’s habitual concretion, to undo our attachment to the stability of selfhood and its social markers.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
The museum was interested and asked to keep it to work on it to take off the many layers on concretion on it.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
Parade sets out to go beyond the novel’s habitual concretion, to undo our attachment to the stability of selfhood and its social markers.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretion
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Switching to foods that provide polyunsaturated fats, which directly lower LDL, and others that contain plant sterols and stanols, which block the absorption of cholesterol, can lower your numbers, according to Harvard Medical School.—
Gavin Escott,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Ehsani enjoys eggs with tomato slices and spinach with whole-wheat toast, as the combination can help boost the absorption of nutrients found in eggs while adding more nutrition to your plate.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
15 May 2026
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Despite his individual excellence, Forsberg deferred to the Kings’ recent coalescence.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Spike focused on important design features with a major focus on geometry, including features like a long nose and high sweep, and a custom tail volume and multi-lobe lift distribution, aiming to reduce shock coalescence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Aug. 2025
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Showing beautiful aromatics, including expressive floral notes in the bouquet, 2021 Brunello is noted for its bold fruit flavors, extraordinary balance, elegant texture, and overall integration.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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The report goes on to say separate academies for immigrant and refugee students can deny them access to rigorous coursework and diverse elective options, and can hinder their academic process and social integration.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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Writing, thinking and creativity are suffering under the weight of AI incorporation, and buying more AI education tech as well as paying for more administration is killing education.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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The incorporation of UAVs into regular military operations marked a paradigm shift in the conduct of warfare, introducing new tactical possibilities, strategic dilemmas, and ethical debates that continue to evolve.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Crabtree-Ireland argued that analysis has shown the merger will put both plans on stronger footing, and that all participants will end up better off.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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How the merger talks got started Donald Gintzig has led WakeMed since 2013 and says he has been approached by companies about a sale or merger every year since.—
Richard Stradling,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
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Ultimately, behavioral homogenization is making wildlife in cities such as Los Angeles, Lima, Lagos and Lahore behave in similar ways despite living in different environments and having different evolutionary histories.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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As more people use AI models to write and think, those outputs are reabsorbed into human discourse — and eventually into the data used to train the next generation of models —so the homogenization keeps compounding, the paper’s authors said.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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The ominous buzzing of phones, the commingling of accomplishment and humiliation, the sudden pathos of cheap glass awards, the rage at their now-former CEO’s $11 million paycheck… David Frankel’s film knew exactly which buttons to push in our particular audience.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Last month, Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty of 25 House ethics violations, including acceptance of improper campaign contributions and commingling of campaign and personal funds.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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But in this merging process, several threads have been left behind.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Predictably, Corey has been criticized in certain quarters for her merging of the lowest and loftiest forms of culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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