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the following of a custom, rule, or law
a society in which a strict observation of business etiquette is expected of visiting foreigners
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The new explanation better fits prior observations, such as the evidence of mantle rock closer to the surface than expected.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The Sun, a notoriously bright object, would’ve burnt out the optical systems for Hubble and Spitzer if they were ever pointed in the Sun’s directions, so such observations were strictly forbidden.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Colin Frank Wilson, Project Scientist for ESA's Mars orbiters, confirmed that the agency is preparing to attempt observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the solar system.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This delayed Southern Ocean warming is also visible in the temperature observations.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Researchers claim that further observations of the system might reveal new insights about how our own solar system may have looked in its early days.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
In other words, our tools can make highly predictive recommendations about certain kinds of outcomes based on the capricious emotions of, in some cases, rather unstable people, or more serious and substantial predictions … driven by highly technical pattern observations that LLMs can help us with.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The observations add evidence to a leading theory that magnetars, or the highly magnetized remnants of dead stars, could be a source of fast radio bursts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The Sun, a notoriously bright object, would’ve burnt out the optical systems for Hubble and Spitzer if they were ever pointed in the Sun’s directions, so such observations were strictly forbidden.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Colin Frank Wilson, Project Scientist for ESA's Mars orbiters, confirmed that the agency is preparing to attempt observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the solar system.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This delayed Southern Ocean warming is also visible in the temperature observations.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Researchers claim that further observations of the system might reveal new insights about how our own solar system may have looked in its early days.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
In other words, our tools can make highly predictive recommendations about certain kinds of outcomes based on the capricious emotions of, in some cases, rather unstable people, or more serious and substantial predictions … driven by highly technical pattern observations that LLMs can help us with.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The observations add evidence to a leading theory that magnetars, or the highly magnetized remnants of dead stars, could be a source of fast radio bursts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Observations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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