phase
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RAV4 production increases from end-2026 onward alongside its main customer also entering an expansionary output phase could benefit the Japanese automotive parts manufacturer further, Yoshida says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Understanding how the two waves appear and coexist could provide clues about the more complicated phase transitions involved in superconductivity and other unusual electronic states.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The first phase appeared gradually across the material, somewhat like liquid water steadily becoming vapor.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The next phase of the industry is less about demonstrating that a robot can walk and more about demonstrating that it can perform economically useful tasks," Morningstar equity analyst Kangyuxiao Li told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But he’d known since the beginning that being an artist was a phase.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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The drills reportedly consist of two phases: the first, focused on defending against potential North Korean threats, was due to run until Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Together, the two electronic phases form something resembling an atomic-scale checkerboard.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The two patterns together create the checkerboard arrangement of coexisting electronic phases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The researchers wanted to study a material in which two CDW phases exist at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Moreover, it had a full set of phases, proof that it orbited the sun, as in the systems of Copernicus and Tycho Brahe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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This included three scenarios: a full closure, a partial closure over a period of five years and a limited series of phased closures, sources close to the situation told the AP, asking to remain anonymous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The US is one of the few western countries that still has the death penalty, which has been largely phased out in Europe and is beginning to wane in Africa.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
If such a proposal was phased in, people would have time to adjust their planning, Butler said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Earlier, a diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap "offers a balanced and pragmatic path forward, with all weapons decommissioned and a phased transition of responsibilities" to the new authorities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But first they were unmade, their edges fading like the evanescent white bird, Wraith, as it phased through the skin of the sky.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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California will begin phasing out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with birth defects, thyroid issues and other serious health problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Lloyds Banking Group, which has owned Halifax since 2009, confirmed the move after reports in May said it was considering phasing out Halifax as a standalone brand.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Starting today, the federal government will put new limits on certain types of borrowing, begin phasing out longstanding repayment programs and launch a new one.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“At the least, the phasing out of test-based accountability made the pre-pandemic losses harder to recognize,” says a recent Education Scorecard report from Harvard and Stanford researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The period between the late eighteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, wrote Michel Foucault, saw “the disappearance of torture as a public spectacle” and the gradual phasing out of corporal punishments.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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