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surface

[sur-fis] / ˈsɜr fɪs /






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A steaming cup of coffee gradually cools, a laptop warms up during use, and sunlight heats the Earth's surface.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

OpenAI said it decided to get ahead of the news, predicting the document would surface regardless.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Ultimately, the audience has to believe that at a surface level it can be deemed a normal conversation. There’s many ways to skin it. You always hope it lands in a real way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The damp conditions under the floodlights exacerbated the difficulty of batting on a surface that has been uneven for most of this match.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

On the smallest surface, there are hundreds of millions of them.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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