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Rather than searching for a completely different semiconductor, the researchers concentrated on the narrow region where the two materials meet, an area only a few atoms thick.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Clinging to a narrow lead, the Dodgers turned to Dreyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

AI threatens to make some software tools obsolete, particularly those built around narrow tasks such as legal drafting, research and other repetitive work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The court said it decided the case "on the narrow ground that the President failed to afford Cook the procedural protections to which she was entitled by statute."

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Before long a steady stream of guests was winding up the narrow staircase to Tante Jans’s rooms where he sat almost lost in a thicket of flowers.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The stripes are narrower and there are interwoven diagonal lines, but this is still very definitely a Real Betis shirt - one of the most recognisable designs in European football.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

That’s an example of what I’ve called “deversification”—moving away from broad diversification to concentrating on a narrower segment of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Blanche is already guaranteed a narrower margin, with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announcing she will vote to reject his confirmation, and with Sen. Mitch McConnell absent for health reasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Instead of producing increasingly dramatic differences between wealthy and ordinary households, Mohenjo-daro saw the size gap between its largest and smallest homes become narrower over time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Figure 2.9: Voices are as individual as faces; some altos will have a narrower or wider range, or the sweetest and most powerful part of their range in a different place than other altos.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Sitting on Iran's southern coast, close to the narrowest point of the strait, it is home to Iran's Navy and the naval arm of the IRGC.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

It’s important to appreciate that the students pressed for the narrowest, most modest ruling possible.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

Its narrowest point is less than two miles wide, yet it must now accommodate roughly 440 ships a day—60% more than before the war.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

With imports from the U.S. declining 1.2% for the month, Canada’s goods-trade surplus with its neighbor widened to C$7.07 billion from a C$2.86 billion in February, the narrowest since May 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

But if you grabbed their wrist, the narrowest part of the arm, their hand acted like a stopper and kept them from slipping free.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Plaque narrows blood vessels and makes them less flexible, increasing the strain on the cardiovascular system.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

But "the AI buildout is climbing onto a steeper section of track just as the gap between capital spending and internal cash generation narrows", he warned.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

She said: "It narrows the pavement to the point that if you're using a pushchair or a wheelchair you can't easily get past."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The bill also narrows the list of electronic communications service providers who provide data access to exclude those related to “places of worship, educational institutions . . . and entertainment venues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Lita narrows her eyes into a storytelling threat.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Although 14 candidates are on the ballot, analysts say the race has narrowed into a two-horse contest between Hichilema and Mundubile, a 55-year-old former minister.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

They pointed to the success of an Inside Safe operation at 6th and Fairfax, where the sidewalk was later narrowed and new landscaping was planted, making it difficult to camp there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The German online retailer posted soft results for the second quarter and narrowed its guidance for the year as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The poverty-related attainment gap has narrowed compared with both last year and 2019, the year before Covid forced schools to close.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Her icy blue eyes found Ella and narrowed.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Blanche had previously said the fund would not proceed, but Cornyn and Tillis demanded a formal written commitment preventing its revival and language narrowing the tax protections.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Bausch + Lomb raised its full-year guidance after narrowing its second-quarter net loss to $14 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Last season, he generally played on the left of a 4-2-3-1, narrowing in from the wing and leaving the left-back to provide the width.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

What the launch of Kimi 3 has crystallized is the realization that the gap between China’s best AI plays, and the most sophisticated American technologies, is narrowing rapidly.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Sister Ignatia said, narrowing her eyes as Antain’s gaze drifted back up to the window where the madwoman lived.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill