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"With this research, we're basically taking a major pawn out of the Ordovician Meteor Event and dumping it into the Frasnian-Famennian event, and saying, 'This is where this impact belongs,'" she said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
"We borrowed some microphones, Kevin had built a small computer and we recorded the first album like that, basically just hanging out together," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Those fish are basically gone, and that's the foundation of the food chain."
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s the tech that’s powering its creepy glasses, its open-source coding model, and now its bid into the battle of personal agents that will basically turn the experience of scrolling online into a water slide.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
He helps people for a living, so it’s basically his responsibility to help Mom.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
