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carefully

[kair-fuh-lee] / ˈkɛər fə li /


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"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

From here, Robert carefully stacks a Jenga tower of suspense-laden set pieces and surprisingly moving family drama, without so much as letting the structure teeter.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

They carefully set out to connect with the international literary community and went through the slow process of launching Transit as a nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

"By carefully tracking the direction the radio waves and X-rays oscillate as the magnetar rotates, the team found that the alignment of 1E1547's magnetic and rotational poles were ideal for detecting vacuum birefringence."

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Jonah’s hand shook as he carefully wrote his name, Jonah Skidmore.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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