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Recent Examples of half-life
The radioactive half-life of plutonium-239, one of the remnants of US nuclear testing there, is 24,110 years.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
However, because ketamine has a short half-life, the traces of the substance in his system couldn't have been from one of those treatment sessions, the report said.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the most popular, and notorious, alprazolam—more commonly known as Xanax—has a half-life of only twelve hours.
—P.e. Moskowitz
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
With carbon-14’s half-life of 5,700 years, the battery could theoretically last for millennia.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
However, because ketamine has a short half-life, the traces of the substance in his system couldn't have been from one of those treatment sessions, the report said.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the most popular, and notorious, alprazolam—more commonly known as Xanax—has a half-life of only twelve hours.
—P.e. Moskowitz
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
With carbon-14’s half-life of 5,700 years, the battery could theoretically last for millennia.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-life
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While China’s robotics companies have impressed viewers with their flashy kung-fu routines, the analyst said advances in reasoning, longer task durations, and the ability to chain multiple tasks together to perform different chores will matter more this year.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Much like adjusting the heat, the researchers were able to both increase and decrease the duration of prethermalisation.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Longer-lasting electronics could also extend the lifetime of satellites, deep-space probes, and high-orbit communication platforms.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Success comes from a lifetime of responsible routines and healthy choices.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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As of Monday's close, Home Depot shares are down about 2% over the past year, but up about 10% year to date.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The new episodes will feature new celebrities and books, which will be announced at a later date.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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Throughout its lifespan, the station has served as a test bed for scientific research in microgravity and has in years past opened itself up to private commercial missions.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Much of San Diego’s infrastructure is overdue for replacement because it was built during the city’s population boom of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and has outlasted its lifespan.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Data discipline allows organizations to connect real-time industrial conditions to enterprise workflows, making sure decisions are based on trustworthy and contextual information.—
William Jones,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the 2010s, as private companies like Arianespace and SpaceX came to the forefront, launch costs dropped to below $10,000 per kg for the first time.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
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As the clock ticks toward the start of the 2026 regular season, Bubic needed only a few minutes to remind everyone that his 2025 All-Star campaign wasn’t a fluke … but the continuance of his march to stardom.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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At a Friday court hearing for the family’s asylum case, a judge granted a continuance, which postpones the case to a later date, family attorney Danielle Molliver told CNN.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Leonard had two knee surgeries — first on the right, then on the left — in a span of 11 months.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Only Miami’s De’Von Achane and Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs have a higher average among running backs with at least 500 carries in that span.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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In the wake of the announcement in October, The Economist’s board asked top editor Zanny Minton Beddoes to stay on for another two years, an unexpected extension of the publication’s informal ten-year term rule.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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In terms of safety features, the ZX135-7EB features an Aerial Angle camera system that provides a 270-degree bird’s-eye view of the working area.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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