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Recent Examples of zirconTo better understand the impact date, researchers analyzed the crystals of zircon minerals in the Stac Fada Member.—Patrick Pester, Space.com, 12 May 2025 Assessing these characteristics, the study authors traced the zircons’ origins to Greenland and to time periods between 0.5 billion and 3 billion years ago.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 While zircons from this time period have not yet been studied, Halverson notes that previous studies of snowball Earth have tracked the presence of iron, neodymium, and osmium in the geologic record.—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 For now, the Acasta Gneiss in northwestern Canada holds the age record at 4.03 billion years old, based on easy-to-date zircon crystals embedded in its grains.—Byrachel Berkowitz, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for zircon
Angel, dressed like a carhop on roller skates (a nod to Shepard’s earlier The Tooth of Crime), wore white leather rhinestone shorts and a white mesh top.
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Helen Schulman,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour led to a 1,153% surge in rhinestone cowboy hat sales.
Gluing the stones with mortar—a paste made of lime or cement mixed with sand and water—is simpler in the short term.
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 July 2025
Those are the only four months when California, which specializes in tomatoes for processing – think ketchup, salsa, tomato sauce and paste, tomato juice, etc. – leads the nation.
More recently, however, Raul persuaded his father to downsize the scarabs from about six centimeters, or almost 2.5 inches, to as small as 1.5 centimeters.
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Kathleen Beckett,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
The scarabs are about the size of the palm of your hand.
So as the series finale ticked down toward its closing credits, there was no reason for fans to expect a cameo — especially from two-time Academy Award-winning actor, Cate Blanchett.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 June 2025
But her role was cut to a cameo, which can happen in the edit.
Blue Apron suggests serving toasted baguettes as a way to scoop up this creamy, cheesy treat.
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Ronny Maye,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
The influence of French baguettes dates back to the early 20th century, when France colonized Vietnam, and the banh mi sandwiches have since become a staple in the country, according to the company’s website.
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