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Yet despite that apparent simplification, the trenches themselves were in line with Lee’s exuberantly experimental creative urges; playful, ingenious, complex, and witty.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026 -
The simplification of launch hardware and potential for three more launches in two years does mean that NASA will need more help.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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At universities, the study of ancient Chinese texts has historically been scattered across disciplines; now, under government direction, universities are trying to gather that scholarship in new classics departments where, one theory goes, ancient truths can be nurtured and passed down.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His panels included doctors, physicists, engineers and others and their reports in 2020 and 2022, proposed a theory of the incidents.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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During a winter weather webinar by the Woodwell Climate Research Center, Cohen said that's an oversimplification of the influence of climate change and other patterns.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Health experts said Oz’s stance is a dangerous oversimplification that ignores decades of scientific findings.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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First, each of the six propositions rests on eminently reasonable judgments about various institutions and their likely performance, capacities, and incentives.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Why the ‘Only Documentary’ Framing Matters The claim that this is the sole documentary Michaels will participate in creates a clear proposition.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Though the data does not explain this difference entirely, the working hypothesis is that the greater velocity often involved with e-bikes plays a significant role.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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In biological anthropology, it's called the drunken monkey hypothesis.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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