dimension
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Photography remains a lesser-known dimension of Lynch’s practice, he added, though his prints possess the same “irresistible strangeness” found across his oeuvre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In acreage terms, Germany’s wildfires are small, but they are getting worse—and the conflicts of the last century add an extra dimension of peril.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Jake Moore, global cyber-security advisor at ESET, said at the time the announcement from OpenAI could also have a competitive dimension.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The new analysis adds another dimension by examining how density varies horizontally across latitude and longitude, revealing more of the thermosphere's geographic structure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
If the new "space race" made Americans fear that they were falling behind the Soviets, a new arms race—involving intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs—added a terrifying new dimension to the Cold War.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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But in all probability, we’ve been in this technological stage for nearly a year, even though it was hard to notice given the relentless debate over the financial, economic and social dimensions of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Our universe has four dimensions -- three dimensions of space and one dimension of time," explains Christian Ecker.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The bad news was that it took 15-25 years to recover in almost all financial dimensions.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
It could easily be an elongated version of one of her later pumpkins, rendered both in two dimensions and as sculptures, whose vibrant flesh and spotted surfaces have charmed so many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It had been printed to be the exact same dimensions as the actual wall drawing.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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This has drastic consequences for the way in which flood protection must be dimensioned.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
U. S. Ambassador Woods called for tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothing, galvanized iron, dimensioned timber to provide food and shelter for the refugees.
From Time Magazine Archive
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An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Many a good drawing has its appearance spoiled through being slovenly dimensioned.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
If the drawing is not dimensioned, the workman must get his sizes from the drawing by applying his rule or a suitable scale.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
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