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Detailed measurements revealed deep, sharply defined depressions, elevated ridges, stepped surfaces, and areas where the metal appeared to have been pushed and displaced in overlapping patterns.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
The meeting had been called to address deviancy in the arts—as defined by Castro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The world experienced its warmest October on record, with average global surface air temperatures 1.75C above pre-industrial times, an era defined as 1850-1900, Copernicus added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The chart below shows that the SOX dropped below the line that has defined its uptrend since the April 2025 bottom, so there’s a growing fear that the answer is yes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Games have, Wittgenstein said, a ‘family resemblance’, but this does not mean that the term—or the difference between a game and a sport—can be adequately defined.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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