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as in realms
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a major figure in the classical music firmament
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So, with clear skies, a blazing sun, and water, Taira Saraco and her friend kicked off the day with a trip to the water for some paddleboarding.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026 -
After a snowy weekend, parade weather is expected to remain a bit chilly with temperatures in the low teens under cloudy skies.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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New realms would stop appearing; the intensities of the forces would stabilize; and gravity would turn out to make perfect sense after all.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Feik said the two cubs are healthy and will be relocated to a facility before being moved into wildland areas.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Made with shiny silver chrome, the sleek design features two different head attachments (one for brushing and one for polishing) and four cleaning modes designed for different areas of your teeth.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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Without a rigid crystal structure getting in the way, the magnetic domains can reorient much more freely when the magnetic field changes.—
Etiido Uko
March 17,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2026
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Ursa Major also aims to rapidly deploy these critical capabilities across all combat domains — land, air, sea, and space.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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The sisters' ensembles, which varied slightly from each other, were two-piece sets of crop tops and shorts or miniskirts with clusters of transparent spheres layered over nude fabric.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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In the late 19th century Ludwig Boltzmann modeled [gas molecules] as little billiard balls—little hard spheres that are bouncing around.—
Tim Folger,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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The departments of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation, along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are instructed to eliminate regulations and update programs that are reducing residential development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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With headquarters in Oklahoma City, Homeland operates as a neighborhood grocery store offering fresh foods, full-service departments, and a distinctive community focus that sets it apart from national chains.—
Community's Choice Awards,
Oklahoman,
14 Mar. 2026
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Attacks on other Gulf states Qatar and Bahrain also came under attack, piercing the kingdoms’ polished image as luxurious havens in an unstable region.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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But these are relatively new arrivals on Earth; all three kingdoms are less than one billion years old.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Firmaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firmaments. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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