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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they have ideas for the new project that are a world away from his own
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Recent Examples of world
Seen previously on models like NZXT’s own H6 Flow and the more recent APNX V1, angled fan mounts like those on the H9 Flow RGB offer the best of both worlds.
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
In the 2025 Netflix sequel, Happy returns to the golf world decades after retiring with a Tour Championship to his name.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Sinner vs Alcaraz Date: Sunday, September 7, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM ET
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Sinner, the defending US Open champion and current world No. 1, has built his reputation on efficiency and composure from the baseline.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Under the guidance of world champion Judi Oyama, Kahaku found her stride running cones down hills and fell in love with the discipline.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
In the 2025 Netflix sequel, Happy returns to the golf world decades after retiring with a Tour Championship to his name.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Sinner vs Alcaraz Date: Sunday, September 7, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM ET
Channel: ESPN
Stream: Fubo (TRY FOR FREE)
Sinner, the defending US Open champion and current world No. 1, has built his reputation on efficiency and composure from the baseline.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Under the guidance of world champion Judi Oyama, Kahaku found her stride running cones down hills and fell in love with the discipline.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
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This will lead to a total loss of human control and the potential end of humanity.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There are those participants who safeguard their humanity amid such high stakes (like Cooper Hoffman's Garraty and David Jonsson's McVries) and those who succumb to the temptations of the game (like Charlie Plummer's Barkovitch).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Turner is set to headline Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider series, stepping into the role of the iconic globe-trotting archaeologist.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Universal’s Evolution Plan also envisions a pair of new 500-room hotels — one hugging the iconic globe outside the park entrance and the other next to the Frankenstein parking garage.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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The 90/10 skew is designed to reflect what Morningstar considers the modern asset universe, which is one where opportunities are expanding in the private markets and companies such as OpenAI and Stripe are able to stay private for longer.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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More recently, the Star Wars cinematic universe has expanded into serial productions such as the television show Andor, which builds on the central conflicts of the original movie.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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Not a strike of lightning from Heaven, but rather the perfect alignment of multiple moons, stars and galaxies.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The South Pole Telescope has also helped astronomers probe the nature of dark energy, map galaxy clusters and help look at large-scale structures of the cosmos.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Of the three visible planets visible to the naked eye, Venus will shine low in the east, Jupiter in the east-southeast and Saturn in the west-southwest.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Beyond Earth, the findings could also guide studies of other stars, since stellar magnetism plays a key role in shaping planetary systems and even in determining whether planets might support life.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, the very nature of entrepreneurship grants a level of freedom that corporate jobs often don’t.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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But international societies for speleology recovered, as the interdisciplinary nature of the research gained relevance later in the century.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Things seemed to be going Sporting KC’s way in the first half of a Sunday night matchup with fellow Western Conference playoff hopeful Austin FC.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
8 Sep. 2025
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More generally, the Nepalese public criticized the government’s measures disproportionate impact on ordinary users.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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That's significant because the Environmental Protection Agency cited it in its attempts to roll back its prior finding that greenhouse gases posed a danger to the US public.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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