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"We sold tens of thousands as soon as it came out, so very quickly we felt that this category was very popular."

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Its reported energy ranks it among the most powerful cosmic-ray events ever observed, placing it in the same rare category as the "Oh-My-God particle" recorded in 1991.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

In the agility category, we placed two-thirds of the weight on indicators, devised by the Management Lab, that center on whether the executive share of a company’s total head count is expanding disproportionately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Combining all Asian Americans into one category can make those differences impossible to detect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

So, too, as the category of discovery has developed over time it has come to include many radically different types of event.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton