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Recent Examples of nuclear
Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generation Station in Pennsylvania experienced the single worst nuclear meltdown on record in U.S. history, giving the film unexpected prescience.
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Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Solar and batteries are relatively quick to deploy, especially compared to natural gas plants, let alone nuclear.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
However, the bottleneck for increasing the nuclear sector isn't with manufacturing reactors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
One of the core responsibilities of the department is maintaining and modernizing the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Solar and batteries are relatively quick to deploy, especially compared to natural gas plants, let alone nuclear.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
However, the bottleneck for increasing the nuclear sector isn't with manufacturing reactors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
One of the core responsibilities of the department is maintaining and modernizing the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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In that time the model lineup has grown to include three distinct body styles and performance configurations that span from relatively quick to properly ballistic.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Authorities who searched the car found a ballistic helmet, night-vision goggles, respirators and ammunition, the FBI said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.—
María Inés Taracena,
The New Republic,
12 Apr. 2023
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Disney Beyond that, Disney films also had a berserk sense of spectacle and showmanship that distinguished them.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Mar. 2024
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From the moment her face lights up as someone off-frame hands her guitar, the Oscar-winner pitches everything at the level of demented, manic glee.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Coolidge, following the (spoiler alert) tragic death of the demented millionaire Tanya McQuoid, and with viewer expectations higher than ever before.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
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The same is true of their treatment of Number One, Luther, who is gravely harmed on a doomed solo mission and injected with a life-saving experimental serum that transforms his body into that of an ape-human hybrid.—
Crispin Long,
The New Yorker,
12 July 2022
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Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti-ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species’ worldview.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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