composition
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The agency said samples of the foamy substance, as well as soil and water from a nearby stream, had been collected for laboratory tests to determine their composition and potential environmental impact.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Cherubim hopes to identify the atmosphere's complete chemical composition and eventually determine whether the planet has surface oceans or other features connected with habitability.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
It likely changed the plate's chemical composition as well.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
How does its composition relate to the conventions of portraiture and genre painting?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When I hand in my composition, Sister Mary Joseph reads it over, marking pencil in hand.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
The discovery offers the strongest evidence so far that planets with broadly Earth-like temperatures and rocky compositions may exist beyond our solar system while also retaining conditions that could potentially support life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Her 2022 release, “Ghost Song,” featured compositions by Kate Bush, Sting and Gregory Porter as well as her own originals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Other compositions on the album draw on memories of Port Talbot, childhood visits with his grandfather, the cinema that first caught his imagination, and the people closest to him.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Last cycle, seven states had their most expensive judicial elections ever, including Montana and Kentucky, states with partisan compositions more like Kansas.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
There wasn’t a textbook for the class, just the picture book of paintings and a few CDs of classical compositions.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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