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from the summit, he was able to derive his location from the position of several prominent landmarks
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However, its reliance on blast furnace smelting processes, which consume large quantities of coke derived from coal, poses a significant challenge to achieving China’s ambitious carbon reduction goals.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
The Single Estate Series reflects Mount Gay’s focus on terroir, with the use of molasses derived exclusively from the estate’s sugar cane.
—Rachel King, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Seeing the actual act of ejaculation on-screen magnifies the euphoria of this moment and how much joy can be derived from prioritizing and pleasuring yourself as well as others.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
High storage capability During testing, the hard carbon derived from rice hull ash demonstrated superior electrochemical performance than commercial hard carbon and graphite.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
The Single Estate Series reflects Mount Gay’s focus on terroir, with the use of molasses derived exclusively from the estate’s sugar cane.
—Rachel King, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Seeing the actual act of ejaculation on-screen magnifies the euphoria of this moment and how much joy can be derived from prioritizing and pleasuring yourself as well as others.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
High storage capability During testing, the hard carbon derived from rice hull ash demonstrated superior electrochemical performance than commercial hard carbon and graphite.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
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Some students, Adams said, may not have understood why Pepperdine had developed a shelter-in-place policy.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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And yet Bloom’s quaint, daydreamy reactions are prompted by what, in Joyce’s time, was understood to be a new and overwhelming urban modernity, a kind of attentional bombardment.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
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Now, fans have the chance to get closer to the man himself, as Mescal has decided to sell some of his personal belongings for charity.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the 1970s, a local entrepreneur and his painter friend decided to produce their own version of the game defined by local landmarks, the event’s website explains.John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Clovis people were known to brandish an array of pointy stone tools that archaeologists have inferred to be hunting weapons.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Even this lowest value, though, is far too large compared with the number inferred from the CMB to be chalked up to bad luck.Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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The tour concluded this past weekend after 149 shows with more than 10 million tickets sold.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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The agreement on disengagement between Israel and Syria, which concluded the Yom Kippur War, established the buffer zone.Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Derived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derived. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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