breakage
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Part of elephants' whisker evolution is to prevent breakage, said Schulz.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The increase was driven by new restaurant openings and higher gift card breakage revenue, Chipotle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Now, a new discovery by researchers at Tohoku University has offered insights into how glass resists breakage, potentially paving the way for highly durable, break-resistant materials.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
Their relationship is again strained to the point of breakage.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
“It looks amazing. No flooding, no breakages of buildings,” Hewitt told Nine Network television.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Many of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
In the past, Twitter prevented breakages from escalating by having people around to diagnose and solve problems immediately.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” - between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2022
There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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