a certain

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"Mangrove plants are highly specialized, and they require a certain duration of flooding with each tide," said Luisa Fernanda Gómez Vargas, also from the University of Exeter.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Being a foodie has also become defined by leveraging a certain amount of cultural or social cache.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

And although he wasn’t conventionally big or fast, he turned into a bruiser who used his low center of gravity—and a certain inherited family gift—to shed defenders half a foot taller than he was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

There’s a certain loftiness, I think, to Metallica.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

If we want sweeter milk, we take our cows to special places where they can eat leaves from a certain tree and a certain grass.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola