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Recent Examples of nuclear
The tsunami disabled three nuclear reactors, causing a nuclear disaster.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Among other things, the agency oversees and maintains the country’s nuclear stockpile.
—Maya C. Miller, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the agreement was intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions, thereby preventing Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team has fired staff from essential, sensitive positions, such as the management of nuclear weapons assembly, only to later recognize a need to rehire them.
—Michael Eric Siegel, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Among other things, the agency oversees and maintains the country’s nuclear stockpile.
—Maya C. Miller, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the agreement was intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions, thereby preventing Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team has fired staff from essential, sensitive positions, such as the management of nuclear weapons assembly, only to later recognize a need to rehire them.
—Michael Eric Siegel, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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Officers reviewed ballistic evidence and security camera footage and broadcast a description of two suspects fleeing in a motor vehicle.—
Isabelle Friedman,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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In total, the Russians used nearly 70 missiles, both cruise and ballistic, as well as almost 200 attack drones.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 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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There is also an excellent, if not a little demented, twist at the end.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Watch on Peacock The Fly David Cronenberg’s mind works in some truly demented ways, which is a blessing to horror movie fans.—
Jennifer M. Wood,
WIRED,
25 Oct. 2024
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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 Apr. 2025.
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