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Brands that not so long ago had thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the metaverse soon began to follow suit.
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Webb Wright, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
The interim agreement marks a very important, albeit mostly symbolic, step toward the type of deal that, not so long ago, seemed entirely unimaginable.
—Kenneth Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2013
On a flight not so long ago, Ella Purnell managed to terrify the woman sat next to her after accidentally giving her a glimpse of the recent viewing history on her laptop.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Read: The most mysterious cells in our bodies don’t belong to us
And yet, in the past few years, scientists have already accomplished what seemed impossible not so long ago.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Webb Wright, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
The interim agreement marks a very important, albeit mostly symbolic, step toward the type of deal that, not so long ago, seemed entirely unimaginable.
—Kenneth Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2013
On a flight not so long ago, Ella Purnell managed to terrify the woman sat next to her after accidentally giving her a glimpse of the recent viewing history on her laptop.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Read: The most mysterious cells in our bodies don’t belong to us
And yet, in the past few years, scientists have already accomplished what seemed impossible not so long ago.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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