knob
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You can think of this threshold as settings on a control knob.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
"Our framework is essentially like a control knob," says co author Michael Martini, who worked on the project as an Emory postdoctoral fellow and research scientist in Nemenman's group.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
By holding the bat this way, the full weight of the knob drives into the hamate with every swing, slowly destabilizing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
He learned to beatmatch by plugging a player into each side of his amplifier and using the balance knob to fade between them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
He kept his hand on the knob, his gaze suddenly down at his shoes.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The analysis revealed that these genetic "volume knobs" were already present in Neanderthals and may have been even slightly more pronounced than they are in modern humans.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Neither did Mazda abandon conventional switches, rotary knobs and paddles even as other companies were converting to capacitive and haptic controls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
This was New Zealand being New Zealand with knobs on.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
You’ll discover the fancifully striped Red St. Lawrence from Maine, the sleek Arkansas Black, the ruby Hidden Rose from Oregon, the pearly Yellow Transparent from Russia and several tortured knobbed russets from Sussex, England.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
The knobbed Schwalbes are surprisingly quiet on city roads while offering decent grip on trails — but not as much as you’d get from proper mountain bike tires.
From The Verge ● May 17, 2019
The knobbed ends keep flopping over, needing frequent fixing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2016
"My heart knobbed up and started a wild swing," Brad reminisces.
From Time Magazine Archive
His knobbed fingers fluttered among the stars and secret signs of his gown, but he would not help the speaker.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
