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audacious

[aw-day-shuhs] / ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs /




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“I propose a new, audacious, and perhaps desperate strategy: a ‘jailbreak,’ ” it wrote to two others, proceeding to divvy up research tasks.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mr. Johnson has produced a book as thought-provoking as it is conceptually audacious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They also played a key role in the audacious, highly publicized rescue in 2023 of four children lost for 40 days after a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Moderna’s audacious bet that it can transform cancer treatment with customized mRNA technology is getting closer to reality.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Dean rejected this audacious plan, in part because he was unconvinced that a second lab was needed at all, much less on Teller’s megalomaniacal scale.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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