idea
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He had revered the British Museum since he was a teenager and was incensed by the idea that a theft was continuing and that it was being perpetrated by a curator.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
A “clean flight” would reinforce the idea that Starship is on track for commercial operations in 2027.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Scientists proposed this idea, known as inside-out planet formation, about a decade ago, but evidence supporting it has been limited until now.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
"The idea is to say, we can do to you what we did to Nicolas Maduro," Christopher Sabatini, senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House told AFP.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
He sounds stunned even as the words are coming out of his mouth, unable to grasp the idea that this is over, suddenly, before we expected it to be.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing idea
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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