passage
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In this framework, the universe can be described as a single, unchanging quantum state, with no external clock marking the passage of time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
If you’ve never heard of Christensen, it’s largely because the passage of time has dimmed his once-bright star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Despite the passage of time and the fact the suspects were no longer in the UK, we were determined that those responsible should face justice," Jessah added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Responding to Saturday's developments dating the letter to 2019, a spokesman for the duchess said "any discrepancy of a few months" was "an understandable consequence of that passage of time".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Valley muttered as she skimmed the rest of the passage.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The scientists passaged a bat coronavirus from Laos that is a distant cousin of SARS-CoV-2 through human cells and in mice to see whether it acquired a specific mutation that would help it infect people.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2022
The infected cells were passaged the next day and selected in puromycin for 3 days.
From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017
Comparison of airborne transmission of experimental passaged A/H5N1 and 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 viruses in individual ferrets.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012
Because no airborne transmission was observed in experiment 2, A/H5N1wildtype and A/H5N1HA Q222L,G224S PB2 E627K were serially passaged in ferrets to allow adaptation for efficient replication in mammals.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012
Andra passaged like a strongly bitted charger to the back door, and there ran away with himself, flourishing in the air a pair of very dirty heels.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
By introducing mutations and passaging, Kawaoka and Fouchier managed to tweak the virus so it could spread between laboratory ferrets, a stand-in for humans.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2022
The Sabin vaccine was created in the 1940s and ’50s by passaging the virus through animal cells until scientists found a suitably weakened form.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2020
We changed the source of inoculum during the course of the experiment, because passaging nasal washes may facilitate the selection of viruses that were secreted from the URT.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012
In those studies, H5N1 viruses were made transmissible via respiratory droplets among ferrets by engineering the virus; well-described and published protocols including reverse genetics, reassortment, and passaging of viruses in mammals were used.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012
Gay young men, on passaging horses, half drew their swords and growled unintelligible remarks, desisting only at the sight of Claire Agnew's pale face underneath her hood.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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