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It’s a good way to put yourself on an emotional roller coaster and a bad way to learn anything definitive about what’s coming tonight.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Its fossilized remains were recovered from Wadi Moghra in northern Egypt, making it the first definitive fossil ape ever discovered in North Africa.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
There is no definitive date for scrapping the standing charge on gas, but the Treasury has committed to doing it either in 2027 or "as soon as possible after".
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Even rarer are definitive answers to the context in which photos were taken.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
In principle, this provided a way to calculate the distance to the Sun by a variation on the theme of parallax, but these early observations were not accurate enough for the results to be definitive.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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