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valence

[vey-luhns] / ˈveɪ ləns /
NOUN
ability to react with or affect another
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The city of Valence also lies on the route connecting the southern city of Toulouse to the central city of Lyon.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Valence electrons -- those residing in an atom's outermost shell and engaging in bonding with other atoms -- proved to be a pivotal factor.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

Mr Fortin had then registered with the Valence job centre, and eventually his unemployment benefits ran out.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

So did up-to-date tools for dyslexic students, which the show’s dramaturge, Taylor Janney-Rovin, an educator who instructs dyslexic children at Valence College Prep, in Queens, suggested.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Face Value, that was the book, a mystery novel by Victoria Valence.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff



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