modern
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But unlike most modern trauma-horror films, a character’s suffering isn’t the crux of the story, but rather its entry point.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The researchers report that their process achieves device yields of 98‒100% while using standard single-crystalline silicon, the semiconductor material that underpins modern electronics.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
“Land” ends in the place where it began, but in a modern era with cottages turned into holiday homes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The Parisians survived and the deal went through, although the club bore almost no resemblance to the modern European contender people know today.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
I reach my row, where a guy—whose hair is longer, prettier, and darker than mine—is folded into the window seat, reading a tattered paperback about modern Indigenous music.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing modern
"Ad Power," "Without Commercials," and "What's Wrong with Advertising"
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Words to Describe a Place
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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