material
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As the year came to a close, FBI agent Michelle Ball felt she had enough material to move forward.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The raw material for this enterprise is a 2012 tweet by El-Sayed’s half-sister describing a conversation with their mother about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the early 1970s.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
In the coolest of these stars, atmospheric material can reach densities of approximately 1 gram per cubic centimeter, comparable to water and millions of times denser than the Sun's visible surface, known as the photosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Reyes said she wanted to know who made the final decision, but Woodward said the discussions in that meeting were privileged material that the court can’t force Wischer to reveal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The type for the next day’s Times—including more Pentagon Papers material on page one—was already set.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The analysts expect charges related to scrapping work-in-process materials and workforce restructuring to weigh on the South Korean industrial-film maker’s near-term earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
They found that tiny channels within their tissues quickly lined up, forming connections that allowed materials to move between the two fragments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Builders are facing higher costs too, for construction loans, building materials and diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
His research investigates magnetism, spintronics, and quantum materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“This is one of the training areas. We try for mostly organic materials, but this wooden set was donated, and it works; sometimes that’s the best we can do,” Dr. Martin says.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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