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Noun
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But Stockton made up for the weight disparity while pinning his way through the state tournament for the second straight year.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026 -
The rink disparity’s roots go back to well before the countries’ current allocation of resources.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The dissimilarities between these two historic figures included their respective backgrounds.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The researchers found a small increase in occupational dissimilarity compared to older graduates, which could reflect early AI effects but also could just as easily be attributed to labor market trends, including employers’ and job-seekers’ reactions to noise about AI replacing workers.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The study found the new species has at least 6% genetic divergence from related species — enough of a difference in its DNA to clearly set it apart.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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The gecko showed at least 5% genetic divergence from related species — a meaningful gap when drawing the line between one species and another.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2026
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When Europeans were asked about support or opposition to the creation of a regional army that included forces from their own country, 61% of respondents in Lithuania backed the idea, according to a YouGov poll in October last year.—
Domi Suskova,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The coalition parties together hold only 66 of the lower house of parliament’s 150 seats, so Jetten will have to negotiate with opposition lawmakers to find support for every piece of legislation his government wants to pass.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Experimental and first-principles studies confirm that MoSi2 exhibits axis-dependent conduction polarity (ADCP) in both the Seebeck and Hall coefficients.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Solar maximum occurs in the middle of that 11-year cycle, when the magnetic polarity of the sun flips.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Commissioners this past week unanimously endorsed height and size variances for new signs requested by the center’s manager, Brixmor Property Group.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The developers were not asking for any variances to the city’s zoning code, but their plans make use of bonuses and transferable development rights, which allow developers to buy the rights to build projects with more floor area or units than would typically be permitted under the city code.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Boston’s tendency to ignore federal civil detainer requests due to the Trust Act led to a squabble between ICE and Boston Police last year that centered around a discrepancy in how many detainer requests the respective sides reported for 2024.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Yet there are discrepancies between them.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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