dimension
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But voice notes broadcast over WhatsApp add a new dimension to the problem, supercharging rumors and falsehoods and spreading them to people who might not competently read or write, if they are literate at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The MP for the area, Jim Allister of the Traditional Unionist Voice, said it added an "extra dimension of horror" knowing that an eight-year-old girl had died.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some analysts say AI has brought a new dimension to the dramatic boom-and-bust cycles the memory chip industry is known for.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The debate took on another dimension with the sudden death of Lindsey Graham at 71 after what his office described as a brief illness.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
To understand Einstein’s universe, we have to accept the idea that time is the fourth dimension.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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“From our perspective, through all the various dimensions, there’s not that much there in terms to support the K-shape narrative,” Barnum said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The hunt takes place in two different dimensions really and that's about as far as I can say at the moment."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Because these structural descriptors were developed independently, they use different scales, dimensions, and types of information.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
It not only provides the appearance of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, it also makes it easy to answer the question ‘How big does the Baptistry look from here?’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
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An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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If the drawing is not dimensioned, the workman must get his sizes from the drawing by applying his rule or a suitable scale.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
The factory made elaborate detailed dimensioned drawings, marked with every permitted kind and degree of variation—as many as four hundred drawings to a single aeroplane.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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Engineering - Introductory
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