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dimension

[dih-men-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈmɛn ʃən, daɪ- /


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The nuclear dimension meant that the development of antiballistic-missile defense had been viewed as a destabilizing factor in the nuclear equilibrium between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and was limited by international treaties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"I spent 42 days in jail. My arrest gave a new dimension to our struggle in Turkey, but also around the world," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

“We are the result of many cultures, stories, peoples and languages, and this gives rise to a creativity all our own. But there is a dimension to our culture that goes beyond aesthetics: our openness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

That gave the story a kind of human dimension as well.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

For Leo, the quest had now totally taken on a new dimension.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

But, if you aspire to a better brew, there are some specific rules to follow, down to the “precise reference masses and dimensions for teapots and bowls.”

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Yet the movie’s unlikely combination of qualities—its huge dimensions in service of a modest tale—has never been seen to better advantage than in Warner Archive’s surpassingly beautiful new 4K and Blu-ray release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Despite their tiny dimensions, the structures increased the copper foil's available surface area for lithium deposition to roughly four times that of an ordinary flat sheet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The second season of "MobLand" sees Conrad take on new dimensions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The third option is that gravity is just right–"critical density" is the cosmologists’ term for it–and that it will hold the universe together at just the right dimensions to allow things to go on indefinitely.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

This has drastic consequences for the way in which flood protection must be dimensioned.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023

U. S. Ambassador Woods called for tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothing, galvanized iron, dimensioned timber to provide food and shelter for the refugees.

From Time Magazine Archive

An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The dimensioned pieces required are as follows: 1 Top.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

But this attic story was not all composed of chambers thus dimensioned.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various


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