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canonical

[kuh-non-i-kuhl] / kəˈnɒn ɪ kəl /


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Their canonical example was early childhood education, but the logic applies just as well to faculty development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The canonical case on this subject is 1987’s South Dakota v.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

The construction board, a private canonical foundation, had intended to complete work this year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

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




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