modern
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Enda Delaney, professor of modern history and director of research at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, believes Nash's point of view is "fair comment".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“This extra week between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness opens the Preakness to potential participants who use modern training methods,” said Bill Knauf, president and general manager of the Maryland Jockey Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Many modern histories of the siege assume that there was only one possible outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Although it resembled an enormous alligator, it belonged to an ancient lineage of crocodilians, the broader group that includes modern crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
“But as much as modern humanity’s hearts went out to their ancestors, their antecedents, they knew that the paradox and the ripple would make intervention very difficult.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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