alpha
Example Sentences
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This supposed alpha male is not man enough to acknowledge anything that could appear to make him look like a “loser.”
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
James Bond really serves as a symbol in the show, a symbol of aspiration, pinnacle of achievement in this industry and also of alpha masculinity and all this kind of stuff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Not the puffed-out chest of an alpha like Stokes, just the calm reassurance of English cricket's most dependable presence.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Over $150 billion has flowed into this newer breed of tax-loss harvesting, known as long-short tax-aware, or tax-aware alpha, according to Brent Sullivan, who writes about the industry on his Substack, Tax Alpha Insider.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
The experiment showed that most of the alpha particles passed through the foil with very slight deflection or none at all.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing alpha
Computer Science and Technology - High School
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The Lions of Little Rock
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