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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease
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Recent Examples of physics
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
This superpowered dark energy, dubbed phantom dark energy, invokes exotic physics.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
Neves Valente attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001 as a doctoral student studying physics.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
According to Canales, the decision to not use Young on QB sneaks is about physics.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
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The company worked with Tsinghua University to build Sino-United Spherical Tokamak (SUNIST) -2, a compact experimental tokamak to advance research in magnetic confinement and plasma physics.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
This superpowered dark energy, dubbed phantom dark energy, invokes exotic physics.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
Neves Valente attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001 as a doctoral student studying physics.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
According to Canales, the decision to not use Young on QB sneaks is about physics.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for physics
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The following month, a warrant led to the seizure of guns, ammunition, cash, machinery, counterfeit drugs and raw materials.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Treatment is complicated by difficulty detecting the cancer in early stages, and its resistance to common cancer drugs.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Additionally, Williams feels proud of how her transparency has helped others not feel ashamed of doing what’s best for their health, especially considering there's been a lot of controversy surrounding the use of GLP-1 medications.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to the website of the Alaska State Legislature, the failure to take medications on time at the correct dosage has massive consequences.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2026
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After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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However, feelings and facts often have different remedies.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after the remedies ruling, the company in September updated Chrome to include more AI features that integrate Google apps like Calendar, YouTube and Maps so users can access those services without moving to a different webpage.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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The accord will see free trade on almost all goods between the EU’s 27 members and India, covering everything from textiles to medicines, and bringing down high import taxes for European wine and cars.—
Rajesh Roy,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The accord will see free trade on almost all goods between the 27 members of the EU and India, covering everything from textiles to medicines and bringing down high import taxes for European wine and cars.—
Rajesh Roy,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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So the house went searching for the kind of workshop that still treats crystal as craft, landing with a fourth-generation maker in Bohemia to hand-etch each of the 200 bottles.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stanton treats the exchange in such rudimentary, flat fashion that any connection between us and the character is lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Physics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physics. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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