modern

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The company’s initial performance contains two one-act plays, modern interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

From Los Angeles Times

"There was a lot of development between the discovery of a reaction for sequencing DNA and modern genomics; decades between the first transistor and putting a billion transistors on a chip," Chait says.

From Science Daily

Fossil analysis suggests it had weaker legs than the modern bird, indicating it was likely less suited for climbing.

From Science Daily

The Gulf carriers, as relative newcomers to the industry, were also able to invest in modern fleets ideally suited to the kind of model they were building.

From BBC

It brought me this vision of isolation under the overhead lighting and this disconnect and chasing of attention in modern relationships.

From Los Angeles Times