artificially

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With foreign carriers prohibited from flying domestic U.S. routes, domestic fares have been kept artificially high even while load factors approached 85% just before the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The team says the findings may help advance efforts to artificially accelerate methane removal from the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The prosecutor's office needs now to decide whether inventing the honours artificially boosted Montaclair's career.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Nevertheless, do the investors in the purchasing fund realize that its returns are artificially boosted by an accounting gimmick instead of investing expertise?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Public subsidy allowed formats that had become financially unviable - such as the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra - to prosper somewhat artificially in the twentieth century, justified by the preservation of heritage.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall