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According to the researchers, careful process design and optimization as well as architecture simplification could help in solving most of these issues, something that industrial production focuses on much more than academic researchers.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Cost-to-serve, for example, may be reduced through demand elimination, straight-through processing, lower rework, greater employee capacity and platform simplification.

— Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Such theories were substantiated less than half an hour into his debut against Arsenal.

— Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Kirby applied his theory most prominently in June 2021, when United placed the largest aircraft order in its history, even as its passenger numbers remained far below pre-pandemic levels.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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Dog Day Afternoon has unique sympathy for its central characters, emphasizing their desperation and seemingly endless complexity without condescension or oversimplification.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
So, to call Tell Me Your Dream, the band’s first album since 2019’s In the Spirit World Now, a return to form would probably not be inaccurate, but would be too much of an oversimplification.

— Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026

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The California Nurses Association, which backs the proposition but has a long history of disputes with Regan, called for his resignation last week.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rolapp addressed the topic of LIV Golf and players looking to return to the Tour at the top of his press conference on Tuesday before being asked a question about the proposition.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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