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Such structures, researchers note, may also have served as territorial markers, ritual spaces, or solar observatories aligned with events like the summer solstice.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025 -
The discovery came a year after a similar excavation at the site yielded foundation deposits and a variety of artifacts, including funerary and ritual objects.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Former policewoman Nerea, dismissed from the force, is drawn back when ritualistic murders emerge, confronting ghosts of her past and city’s underworld.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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But he will still be greeted with all the ritualistic hoopla Britain can muster for a presidential charm offensive.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Putting things in order Throughout the 1960s, Piaget observed that young children rely on clunky trial-and-error methods rather than systematic strategies when attempting to order objects according to some continuous quantitative dimension, like length.—
Celeste Kidd,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Only systematic change, like generic competition and Medicare negotiation, has been demonstrated to dramatically lower payor prices while still incenting innovation.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Browns hoped Flacco’s experience and arm strength could provide some offensive stability and methodical effectiveness.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead of tackling problems in a methodical (if increasingly fast) step-by-step method, as modern computers still do, quantum computers will conduct multiple steps simultaneously.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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