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alpha

[al-fuh] / ˈæl fə /
NOUN
beginning
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Nivola, in a particularly tough role, displays a heady mix of alpha machismo, tenderness and contempt that is just as funny as it needs to be without losing a crucial dimensionality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

And so the alpha of American legends lives on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Although Line Intensity Mapping has been used before, this is the first time it has mapped Lyman alpha emission with such a large dataset and such high accuracy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

AI is an alpha driver for financial decision-making today.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

This was the first time he’d been an alpha for anything other than practice.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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