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Adjective
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That muon then created its own fragmentary debris, sparking a ripple of telltale pale blue photons dubbed Cherenkov radiation that passed over ARCA’s instruments.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025 -
The final chapters in the Amistad edition are fragmentary, and the book ends abruptly, ten years before Herod’s death.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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One unsavory reality about this journey is there's no such thing as partial credit.—
Ray Zhou,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The new moon partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 29th (6:58 a.m. EST) is our green light to set intentions, make power moves, and start anew.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the sectional semifinals, Garbacz gave up her first takedown of the season against Batavia junior Anabelle Guthke, then responded with a pin in the first period.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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While at Taunton, the Tigers reached the tournament 10 times and advanced to the Div. 1 South sectional final twice.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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This gives the company scope to reshuffle production and make more for the local market if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs of around 25% on vehicle imports.—
Victoria Waldersee,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The main one is Lizzie, a young journalist stuck on the wedding beat at the local paper, with obits thrown in as a sop to her demand for equality.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Cross-sectional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-sectional. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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