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Advanced Micro Devices delivered a better-than-expected earnings report on paper, but investors seemed to want more from the highflying chip company.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It's this huge inflammatory response. Like there's a fire and an alarm goes off, and the cells just blow up," said Chai, who is lead author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
As the senior photo editor for the GW Hatchet, Mathylda manages a photo editing team and oversees visual coverage for the independent student paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
His face turned serious, he tapped the paper gently with his forefinger.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The local papers were too busy covering the hors d’oeuvres at Mark Zuckerberg’s celebratory luncheon.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Their analysis of more than 350 papers identified several recurring biological mechanisms that could explain why protein restriction may improve health and promote longevity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
We make breakfast together and then we do emails, chat, sometimes there’s a call, then I try to get through a couple of papers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
This meant the ballot papers from voters who did not select either of them as their first choice were brought back into play.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Jonah reached into the safe again and pulled out more papers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
The Hurricanes’ pass rush has papered over plenty of postseason errors and kept Miami in close games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
A side wall near the dance floor is papered with big blow-ups of joyful photographs showing jam-packed dancing at Arena, the massive, 22,000-square-foot former nightclub in Hollywood’s old Union Ice building on Santa Monica Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
I’d papered the walls with funny pages from the newspapers.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
“AI is papering over the cracks,” said Stefan Angrick, head of Japan and frontier markets economics at Moody’s Analytics in Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
They’re just papering over the crushing weight of impending responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
In his own bathroom, Nickey limited himself to papering the top part of the wall, above the tiled wainscoting.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
I pick at the yellowed pages of the Chicago Defender papering over the wall.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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