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techniques

noun

plural of technique

as in methods

the means or procedure for doing something showed me a different knitting technique

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Recent Examples of techniques One provision also targets products designed to cause emotional harm through deceptive techniques. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 Hydrodissection is already performed in the United States, Thornton says, although availability varies and techniques aren’t yet standardized. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Her special talent was to make historic gardening techniques and designs accessible for the average gardener, championing the potager—which combines flowers with useful, edible plants—and creating gardens for Elton John and the then Prince of Wales. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The deluge will take mathematicians months to parse through and understand—including to determine whether the proofs contain novel and important ideas or are mostly mash-ups of existing techniques. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026 The creative refresh has required specialized workshops to adopt new techniques, resulting in some delays, while certain collections naturally have shorter production windows. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Adopting techniques from classic-Hollywood style, cinematographers dusted off antiquated equipment, using tungsten bulbs instead of LEDs to create the low-key contrasts typical of the genre. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 What’s Happening Several distinct techniques now sit under the facial massage umbrella. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 In foster care, they're then moved from one placement to another and often end up in therapeutic group homes or residential treatment centers that use more punishment techniques. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

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Their current fibers measure about 1 millimeter across, but improved fabrication methods could reduce that thickness to tens of micrometers.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
This idea seems corroborated by the fact that a number of papers contain strikingly similar ideas and methods—as if their authors were communicating.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of methods

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Conversely, more diverse teams can bring a wider range of perspectives and approaches to research.

— Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
As a director, Fish has taken subversive, revelatory approaches to the theatrical canon and has adapted, for a taste, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of approaches

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This work evidences both a moral courage and brash authority on Simon’s part and speaks to the deep ethical complexity of her concerns and strategies as an artist.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Her path crosses with that of Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who possesses healing knowledge, knows the land, and devises her own strategies of resistance.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of strategies

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As always, findings from holiday surveys vary due to differences in methodologies and the timing of when they’re conducted.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Combining methodologies like neuroscience and qualitative and quantitative research, along with early immersion in culture, media and category trends, provides a broader view of what’s shaping behavior.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of methodologies

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The show is about the conglomeration of various immigrant groups and people taking advantage of one another in different ways in the Central Valley in California of that era.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
In some ways, beauty is particularly poised to benefit from this shift.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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