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about

[uh-bout] / əˈbaʊt /
ADVERB
in an opposite direction
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ADVERB
lying anywhere without order, arrangement
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PREPOSITION
near or close to in position
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PREPOSITION
on every side, in every direction
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Soon, the team plans to add more information to the connectome, including details about neuropeptides, the small, protein-like molecules that neurons use to communicate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Lee estimates she lost about 70% of her plants in the first year because she didn’t water enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The devices created in Lozano's lab are about the size of a thumbnail.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

She adds, “Really, it’s whatever the story requires, which is such a new way of thinking about projects.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The prisoners at Bataan were told they’d be taken to San Fernando, Pampanga, in central Luzon, about sixty-five miles away.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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