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I’m 53 and not sure how to handle merging finances with my long-term partner.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Working with KSI taught Riley how to handle the media glare.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Chu's team demonstrated that its architecture can handle both relatively straightforward calculations and more demanding quantum operations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Nvidia was first and best known for developing video cards that helped the burgeoning gaming industry incorporate increasingly lifelike, sophisticated graphics that once rudimentary consoles and PCs couldn’t otherwise handle.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
We fill a tray with papers and push it through to Hut 3 with the end of a broom handle.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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One important innovation was the way the AI handles information.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Prof James Betts, who researches how the body handles food and energy at the University of Bath, says a big factor is that our "hunger hormone" ghrelin is generally higher later in the day.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Amelia Lerutte starts every workday by checking in with the AI agent that handles her old job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
These measurements reflect how effectively the body handles sugar and responds to insulin, the hormone that helps move glucose from the bloodstream into cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
He looked up as the cellar door shut, and something scraped the outside, jiggling the handles around.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
International flights were being handled on a case-by-case basis, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
This makes it particularly useful for studying historical objects that have been handled, stored, and exposed to changing environments over long periods.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The flaws were found with the help of artificial-intelligence models, including OpenAI’s, and handled the way we would want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The collapse of Ueno, which started out as a digital-first fintech company and grew into a major bank that handled the accounts of several state entities, rocked the usually stable South American nation.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
“No, I’m fine. You handled it perfectly, man.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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These are often injectables that need special handling and can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The term refers to when servers are handling a much higher volume of stress than they usually do.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
The department said its handling of asylum seekers is “in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
In a question-and-answer document regarding terms in the request for quotes, some potential vendors expressed shock and frustration about the steep cut in the handling fee for rehabilitation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
“You spend a lot of time handling man-made devices that won’t help you in a true emergency. I think it’s high time you learn some survival skills.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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