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At the heart of all these disputes is a question of ontology, the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Andy Burnham is set to spend his first day working at the northern branch of Downing Street.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The foundation’s board chair, Elizabeth Spalding, is a visiting fellow at a graduate school branch of Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C.;
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
From there, the three continued, one branch at a time, to a vantage point within feet of the crown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
“A tree branch is trapped in the blades, and I’ve loosened it a bit, but if we give it more time the water will soak it and then I can easily pull it out.”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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After stepping down as chief of the ground forces, Drapatiy commanded Ukraine’s Joint Forces, which oversees operations involving multiple branches of the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Boreal forests are also supposed to burn on an infrequent basis, in order to open up certain pine cones and spread their seeds, or to clear out lower tree branches.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
"We're essentially trying to create a tree that shows both the relationships of all the different species in the tree, while also calculating when those branches probably diverged," Dr. Churchill says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
That tree still stands with its major branches and half its trunk lopped off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
"She has the branches she cut to make torches," Allun said.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Morris branched out in to light entertainment with The Animal Roadshow and Animal Country, alongside Sarah Kennedy.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
The two treks covered roughly the same ground but branched off to different micro zones within an area of the grove that was more or less burned flat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
He branched out, launching a platform to help other families manage their lives and finances, leafplanner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
I liked them all unless they branched out into fantasy.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Described by RAU as a "time-capsule record of biodiversity in the UK", researchers said the possibilities are endless, branching out into climate change, habitat management, genetics, and much more.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Stick to the basics at first before branching out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
After a short stint in his brother's plastics business, he launched the flagship family conglomerate that bears his name in 1988 by branching out into the export trade.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Nerve cells engineered to produce high amounts of FTL1 developed simplified structures, forming short, single extensions instead of the complex, branching networks seen in healthy cells.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
His parents believed in the dignity of the honest trades, envisioning the generations of their family branching into the future, each more accomplished than the last.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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