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Noun
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Quantum machines of today are prone to errors, have a restricted size range, and are sensitive to perturbations in their surrounding environment.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025 -
To identify the quantum states of a particle, scientists need to isolate it from perturbations arising from its surroundings.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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This could look like mood swings, irritability, hostility, feelings of depression, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The inner activated carbon filter catches invisible particles and helps to neutralize odors from cooking, pets, smoke, or your teenager’s gym bag.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’s enough to pique studios’ interest.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Hobert wanted to pique listeners’ interest.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Failure to do so may cause resentment, misunderstandings, and passive aggressively loud blender usage.—
Sarah Schmelling,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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But old resentments surface before long, escalating into a fist fight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The worst part of this tax is that Illinois Democrats, in their desperation for more revenue, ended up encouraging more casual bettors to overdo it and get into financial trouble.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The new movie brings fan-favorite characters into the 1930s as Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) is at the heart of a scandal and the Crawleys face financial troubles and social disgrace.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Students and fans swarmed the field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee immediately after the Seminoles' upset was final.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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An upset is certainly not out of the question here.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Another tool will notify parents if the system detects their teen is experiencing acute distress.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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What To Know Footage clearly showed how Sczczerek had grabbed the hat handed to the boy and squirreled it away in his wife's purse, despite the obvious distress of the child.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Snappishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snappishness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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