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Noun
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Most earlier theories assumed Ganymede formed hot, allowing heavy metallic material to rapidly sink inward and create a core early in its history.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026 -
The case file on Weaver’s murder that Logothetti ultimately inherited from her predecessors at the Everett Police Department brimmed with outlandish theories around her death involving money laundering and cocaine.—
Nina Giraldo,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Science requires lots of decisions—researchers must choose which hypotheses to pursue and which simulations to run.—
Peter Hall,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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To test these hypotheses, a team from Columbia and Harvard decided to see if they could get rid of one of the 20 currently in use.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ballot propositions raising taxes for a specific popular need, but the funds go surprisingly into a general fund to be dissipated for political needs undisclosed to voters.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Read the full text of these measures, and arguments for and against the propositions, on the city clerk's website.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Simplisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplisms. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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