canonical

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Ideas such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, canonical quantum gravity, and asymptotically safe gravity all attempt to bridge the gap.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The construction board, a private canonical foundation, had intended to complete work on the Sagrada Familia, considered the world's most famous unfinished building, this year.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The film, which premiered January 9, nods to Rob Reiner’s canonical romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

Those and all his other canonical works are included in this exhibition of over 100 objects organized by the Louvre’s Sébastien Allard and Côme Fabre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

A “grand canonical ensemble” is, oddly enough, the proper term for a quantitative model system in thermodynamics, borrowed from music by way of mathematics.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas