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Alphabet will replace Verizon in the Dow, increasing the index’s technology exposure with an approximate 4.0% weighting.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Crockett likens that to the approximate weight of a baseball, “which is seen as maybe a nonstarter for mass appeal.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
When the team modified their simulations to approximate the effects of clouds, the results aligned more closely with the observations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
The air traffic controller asks him for more details: “Do you have like approximate size or how many engines or style or anything like that?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
One could predict the approximate number of times that the result would be A or B, but one could not predict the specific result of an individual measurement.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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