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Manjeet Shehmar, NUH medical director, added the trust had met the HTA "to talk through their concerns and how we can improve".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The FDA made recommendations, including that Taylor improve hand-washing procedures and encourage ill employees to submit stool samples for analysis to help determine the region’s risk for cyclospora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
This model of physicochemical modification could improve scientists' understanding of how oceanic plates develop and how large volcanic provinces reshape Earth's interior.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Medical Center Barbour CEO Jannet Kinney said the machine will improve patient care and raise revenue.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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"Estimating the mutation rate improves our ability to reconstruct koala population history, understand their capacity to adapt, and make more informed conservation decisions for the future."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The analysts think the memory supercycle will likely continue as agentic AI improves office productivity and reshapes workflows, just like when PCs became the default office tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Perhaps counterintuitively, if the Magnificent Seven reduce their capex, analysts might prefer it as cash flow improves and less debt is issued.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"The local tax is likewise an investment in the future of the destination and improves the city not only for visitors, but also for the people of Vienna," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mind reading, as well, is an ability that improves with practice.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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She believes improved protections for heating oil customers are "so important", but would like more of a push towards renewable sources.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Subsequent research has connected it to improved insulin sensitivity, cardiovascular protection, longer life span, and the preservation of cognitive function.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Additionally, Arya said improved visibility into a multiyear cycle for AI infrastructure supports his expectations for the wafer fab equipment market to reach $190 billion in revenue in 2027, and $250 billion in 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Americans’ economic mood improved earlier this month as gasoline prices cooled, according to the preliminary results of the University of Michigan’s monthly survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Since leaving the grove, her condition hadn’t worsened, but it hadn’t improved either.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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But others have backed the government's existing approach, arguing that expanding renewable energy is key to improving energy security and reducing the impact on climate change.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing, so the intended backswing on the fifth hole when he was playing his second shot," a R&A spokesperson told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
He is reserved by nature, and he credits his time with the Bananas with improving his confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Building larger detectors and improving their spatial resolution can increase the odds of observing the faint signals they produce, but doing so often makes the instruments more complicated and expensive.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Part of the great transformation that we know as the Scientific Revolution, a transformation which began in earnest the year after Montaigne retired to his library, consisted in improving our senses.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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