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disk

[disk] / dɪsk /


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The company, which makes hard disk drives that are used in computers and artificial-intelligence data centers, on Thursday reported a profit of $1.78 billion, or $4.63 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smith was on the injured list for 86 days this summer because of neck disk inflammation, returning for the final month when he slashed .290/.400/.548.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Young stars begin with a juvenile, gas-rich protoplanetary disk where forming planets can reside.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The findings may also help scientists reconstruct the history of our own solar system, which could have passed through more than one extreme debris disk phase.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

I wanted a go on Air Hockey, where a plastic disk floats on a cushion of air.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Their analysis showed that the systems could be divided into two broad groups: silica-rich disks and silica-poor disks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Silica-rich disks have only been identified around stars younger than 300 million years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their dust grains are smaller than those found in protoplanetary or more typical debris disks, they contain unusually high concentrations of warm dust, and their brightness changes irregularly over time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Of the Webb sample, 12 disks were newly observed, while four were follow-up observations of systems previously examined by Spitzer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Two little hammerlike contraptions came down and trailed along the edges of the notched disks, rising and falling as the disks steadily turned.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick


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