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The drones are equipped with precision navigation and GPS sensors, and incorporate multiple payloads (as required by the customer and their application) including infrared and mid-wave (3-5 um wavelength) thermal cameras, and LiDAR imaging for 3D awareness and mapping.
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Following the, um, departure of Gwendoline Christie's Principal Weems, Buscemi's Barry Dort steps in as the school's new principal.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Her face, from chin to forehead, um, had duct tape.
—Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Following the, um, departure of Gwendoline Christie's Principal Weems, Buscemi's Barry Dort steps in as the school's new principal.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Her face, from chin to forehead, um, had duct tape.
—Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for um
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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