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Human testing will be essential to determine the molecule's actual side effect profile.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
She added some survivors had told her they feared being excluded from the inquiry because their abusers did not fit a particular ethnic profile.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
A recent Zeteo profile of Stephen Miller showed that the White House deputy chief of staff is worried about going to prison if a Democrat wins the presidency in 2028.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Students apply for aid using the College Scholarship Service profile, an online application used by many selective colleges to award nonfederal institutional aid, alongside the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
I study his profile, notice the fine stubble along the curve of his jaw, and the way the fringe of his hair brushes the top of his long eyelashes.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Click on the tickers for more about each company, including corporate profiles, analysts’ ratings and consensus price targets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Reams of magazine profiles spotlight everyday people choosing to share their lives with an AI boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Its heads, Katz and David Fenkel, keep remarkably low profiles for studio chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
While the killer's own DNA profile wasn't available, profiles submitted by his extended relatives allowed the company to identify a male family member.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
By its very nature it would have produced vast quantities of radioactive debris, but for conscientious mission profiles only in the emptiness of interplanetary or interstellar space.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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"Our recording captured a clear, permanent mark distinguishing the two very first cells, letting us trace nearly every cell we profiled from the embryo back to one or the other," said Kim.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I was in love with the frisson of transgression,” said Anna, one of the disillusioned former believers profiled in Sam Adler-Bell’s March 2026 investigation “The women leaving the new right.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Food trends columnist Adam Chandler profiled Lev Sercarz about cooking in this new era of American eating, and received suggestions for the best seasonings—from sumac to smoked salt—for spicing up even the simplest meals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The walls are lined with paintings done by her husband, Igor — a painter and sculptor whom The Times profiled in 1991.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
He profiled directly in front of the bull, drew the sword out of the folds of the muleta and sighted along the blade.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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“Many Hindu families in Ohio live with fear—fear of ICE raids, profiling based on accent or appearance and the constant anxiety of family separation,” Pyakurel wrote.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
The scientists combined DNA sequencing, chemical profiling and conventional laboratory testing to identify the bacteria associated with the damaged mushrooms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
This summer André, alongside fellow comedian Clayton English, settled a racial profiling suit against Clayton County police in Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
They had not been charged because profiling and documentation were still under way before the deaths, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He had had no experience with profiling, hadn’t been suspected of anything by anyone with real authority.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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