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dinosaur

[dahy-nuh-sawr] / ˈdaɪ nəˌsɔr /




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Plus, Kevin Warsh says the Fed has ’no tolerance’ for high inflation, and the most expensive dinosaur sells for $50.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Tuesday's purchase by an anonymous buyer highlights a surging market for dinosaur bones -- a trend that has drawn criticism from some paleontologists over the specimens going into private hands.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

To identify the predator, the researchers compared the embedded tooth with those of every known meat eating dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

And even though he starred in one of Hollywood’s hugest blockbusters, it takes a certain kind of confidence to share the spotlight with a dinosaur.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Florida was thinking about being caught under the boat, and Sairy was recalling the red-tailed dinosaur.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

For the technology available at the time, the dinosaurs looked incredibly realistic and left viewers transfixed.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

But his highest level of fame came from playing a thoughtful paleontologist summoned to an island off Costa Rica full of cloned dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Sperling compared this dramatic ecological shift to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs 65 million years ago, "where mammals essentially took over and never gave up that niche to reptiles again."

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

In 1993 “Jurassic Park” made dinosaurs a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

I didn’t know Kavita was also into dinosaurs, but two experts are better than one.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott




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