configuration
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Depending on the configuration of the stairs, it may be more practical to install a stairlift on the main staircase, which is often the most heavily used set of stairs in the house.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
After several years of development and testing in Texas, SpaceX began flying the rocket in its full configuration in 2023, deliberately following suborbital trajectories, which are safer and less challenging.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In many of their models, randomly introduced variation produced greater stability than the best completely uniform configuration.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Not an ideological configuration, but a practical one,” said Sims.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
They batted it back and forth, debating, refining, and quickly working out what would come to be known as the Teller-Ulam configuration.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
We see Pollock seeking alternatives to dripping, revisiting early configurations with generous gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The venue's official seated capacity is just under 74,000, but boxing configurations allow for even larger crowds.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the quantum world, particles can exist in a superposition of states, meaning they can occupy multiple possible positions or configurations at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tethered to the pier around us are many ships of all configurations.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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