duality
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El-Sayed, in less charged moments, has spoken of this duality in his own life.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Along with my co-founders and employees, I have grappled with this duality of risk and benefit since the beginning of Anthropic,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
As Esteller described it, her biology showed a "fascinating duality: the simultaneous presence of signals of extreme aging and of healthy longevity."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mabille's collection for haute couture week was all about getting more than you bargained for with its theme of duality.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Using the wave/particle duality discussed in the last chapter, everything in the universe, including light and gravity, can be described in terms of particles.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
In “The Bear’s” White, Cooper saw an actor who’d capture Springsteen’s dualities — swagger and fragility, quiet intensity and vulnerability — and who was committed to total immersion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
That speech America Ferrera gives in “Barbie” really highlights these impossible dualities that women have to embrace.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
The pleats contain dualities: From a distance the fabric looks hard like corrugated metal, but on the body it’s supple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
The city that’s been my home for 12 years has always been defined by its dualities and contrasts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Then, from about 1994, people started discovering what are called dualities: different string theories and different ways of curling up the extra dimensions could lead to the same results in four dimensions.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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