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Recent Examples of trajectoriesThe test was conducted to verify critical hypersonic technologies, including flight trajectories, speed, guidance and control systems, and the vehicle’s ability to maneuver at low altitudes.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2026 But much of the deleveraging framework, Condon acknowledged, assumes the underlying businesses continue to perform largely in line with their pre-transaction trajectories, making execution incredibly important.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2026 Becerra has openly discussed the details of his parents’ story, which unfolded on both sides of the border and in many ways reflects Mexican immigrant trajectories during the historical period of the 1920s and 1930s.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2026 China’s share of people aged 65 and over has doubled from 7% to 14% over the past two decades, with Brazil, Thailand and Turkiye on similar trajectories.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
5 Oct. 2026 Compared with the political circus in Washington and the malaise in the rest of America, such surface-level manifestations of China’s wealth and power often lead to sweeping conclusions about relative national trajectories.—
Carl Minzner,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Oct. 2026 That complexity can mean longer trajectories, harder reasoning tasks, and more files in an environment.—
Wen Shao,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2026 Yet these trajectories, as they are mapped out here, are anything but consistent.—Artforum,
28 Sep. 2026 Thursday Night Football brings us two teams on very different trajectories.—
Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2026
Through quests, combat, exploration and cooperative adventures, players can forge their own paths through the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor.
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Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2026
Oracular methods such as automatism and tarot cards would lead Colquhoun down many paths in her search for knowledge, while the duality of the androgyne fascinated her in her art and writing.
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Marina Warner,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Oct. 2026
The kick stage will be able to take big payloads from LEO to higher-energy orbits — for example, up to 8,800 pounds (4,000 kg) to geostationary orbit, a popular hangout for spy, communications and weather satellites that lies 22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above Earth.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
Canadian and American researchers simulated satellite orbits in low Earth orbit and generated a metric, the CRASH Clock, that measures the number of days before collisions start happening if collision-avoidance maneuvers stop.
Accessibility There’s wheelchair access to the ground floor rooms & garden, with paths around the property to access the restaurant, although the gravel pathways are not ideal for wheelchairs.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
As potential homebuyers in California weigh some very expensive housing options, they are often steered toward condominiums — one of the most affordable pathways to becoming a homeowner in the United States.
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Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2026
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.
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Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2026
In some ways, beauty is particularly poised to benefit from this shift.
Will movie nights and electric go-kart tracks suffice to keep CWG’s buildings full if, as some predict, AI renders large numbers of office jobs redundant?
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2026
In September, high tides and powerful wave activity from Hurricane Marie buffeted the San Clemente coastline, temporarily halting Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service after more erosion and slope damage were spotted near the train tracks.