marker
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Conservationists have restored most of the original 16 towers and surrounding walls over the past 14 years, and put the finishing touches on a stone marker at the entrance last week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
When an engineered T cell encounters its designated target, such as a protein associated with cancer, it becomes activated and attacks the cell carrying that marker.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
For all of its urban flair, each story marker is visible so far in the distance that the script is about as dull as driving across Kansas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Near mile marker 24, Apa collapsed in Central Park and a bystander performed CPR before race medical staff arrived, race organiser New York Road Runners told the BBC's US partner CBS News.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Nora uncaps the red marker and, in bold letters at the top of the page, writes: “Reasons Joy and Nora Should Be Allowed to Walk Ziggy.”
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Since my remission, I’ve returned to my day job in journalism, written a book, gotten married, and attained various other conventional markers of well-being.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
They can also provide mile markers within a pullback, so investors don’t feel like they are running blind.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The maker of Sharpie markers and Elmer’s glue swung to a third-quarter loss of $81 million, or 19 cents a share, from a profit of $21 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They combined these measurements with other chemical markers left behind by organisms living in open water, allowing them to reconstruct Arctic ice conditions thousands of years in the past.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
And look, there is a sign out front, which someone made with poster board and fat markers: WELCOME, ANNABELLE!
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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