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Noun
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But as components approach atomic dimensions, further miniaturization has become increasingly difficult and expensive.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026 -
The falcon combines aerodynamic engineering, specialized respiratory adaptations, visual stabilization, skeletal resilience, and astonishing neuromuscular precision into a hunting system refined for life in three dimensions.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Noun
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The North Star is about thirty degrees from Dubhe, or roughly three of your fist-widths held at arm’s length.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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Physical changes include safer pedestrian crossings and a potential reduction in lane widths along Hesperian Boulevard, Mission Boulevard and Jackson Street to naturally slow traffic.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their clean collisions would allow more precise measurements of scattering amplitudes, making the FCC ultrasensitive to indirect signs of new physics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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Other tech leaders have voiced fears that the viral spread of AI would detonate jobs across the ranks of professional, managerial and administrative professions by automating human tasks.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Slok has noted professions like call center employees and radiologists, both with roles vulnerable to automation, have remained steady or increased despite wider AI adoption.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The defense argued the searches were outside the scopes of the various search policies and police were illegally looking for incriminating evidence rather than performing legitimate safety or inventory searches.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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During their recent visit, the three docents set up scopes to zoom in on the nest.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Why The Occupation Lens Is Breaking Down Traditionally, workforce systems have been built around static occupations and hierarchies.—
Ulrich Boser,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The Goldman economists use a version of the Lazear-Spletzer mismatch index, which captures the share of job seekers who would need to be reallocated across occupations to equalize labor market tightness.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Travel plans, educational pursuits or big-picture decisions force you to reassess the details.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Even when a person of color or woman candidate isn’t hired, being selected for an interview can strengthen that candidate’s credentials and help with future job pursuits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 May 2026
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Openings in Uni territories include Saudi Arabia with the biggest horror opening of the year above Scream 7 at 128 screens with $506k.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
25 May 2026
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The video was taken around noon in early December when the owls had not yet established their territories on the beach, and thus were still very active.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Subfields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfields. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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