discovery
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The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
But now, the company has devoted itself to studying the backrooms — which, he explains, might be the biggest discovery in human history.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
The fact that memory suppliers will start each quarter with half of their bits accounted for by these agreements “dramatically changes price discovery and price negotiations going forward,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
“It’s frustrating and sad but at the same time expected,” Aiello said shortly after her discovery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Then, more than three hundred years later, in June 1836, brothers Charles and John Deane made a major discovery.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing discovery
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