formula
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He’s the pen behind 2005’s “Just the Girl” by the Click Five, which laid a mall-emo whine and reverb-heavy drums over The Wonders’ tried and true formula.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Botched executions have come under scrutiny over the past decade, since a shortage of the drugs used led some states to change the formula, or procure drugs from more questionable sources.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The PCE numbers don’t come as a surprise to Wall Street analysts, because the index’s formula draws on other government inflation data that were published earlier in the month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
With the August report, the Bureau of Economic Analysis updated the formula it uses to measure inflation with its personal-consumption expenditures price index.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Work hard, see results had always been their formula, so I was happy to report that they hadn’t wasted their time or money on me.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
National Association of Head Teachers policy head Sarah Hannafin also welcomed the change, saying there was "no need" for students to memorise formulae and equations.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
The complex interactions of fluid and soft matter physics prove challenging to simplify into cut-and-dried formulae.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Pupils had extra information, such as formulae sheets and advanced warning of topics, ahead of their exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
He turned his back to the class and began erasing formulae from the slate board.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
No unopened, distributed Abbott infant formulas have tested positive for the bacteria that sickened the babies, the company said in a statement Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Our technique turns out to be remarkably stable. Depending on the desired precision, we can systematically improve our formulas using additional approximation methods," says Florian Ecker from TU Wien.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of California renters, lawyers alleged that Conservice’s policy was to deny tenants the right to view specific bills or formulas used to calculate their individual charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
This morning Nemur had Burt take my report and the statistical data down to Hallston University to have some of the top men in the field verify my results and the application of my formulas.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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