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New York — The tables are set, the cameras are waiting and some of today’s most stylish cultural figures are ascending the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026 -
That’s because ascending the Kardashev scale isn’t really a realistic goal—the scale is more a crude guide for thinking about how a technological civilization could grow and what its ultimate limits could be.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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The company’s financing will enable scaling pilot production, accelerate commercial deployment and help expand partnerships.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Chronicle already began scaling Simple Alien’s series to deliver some meaningful growth over the last 22 days.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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After being out-skated early, the Ducks settled into their skates, surmounting both shot and goal to deficits to run the shot count to 24-17 and even the score, 2-2, through 40 minutes.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
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The race starts and ends at the corner of Tait and Nicholson avenues, with the challenge of surmounting Cat’s Hill, which has a 23% incline.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Free-climbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climbing. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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