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Moreover, a report that the United Arab Emirates would help re-open the Strait of Hormuz helped ease concerns around shortages in helium, a crucial input in semiconductor manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Refineries ran at 92.1% of capacity, down from 92.9% the previous week, with crude input to refineries falling by 220,000 barrels a day to 16.4 million barrels a day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The tools returned AI flags regardless of input -- even for nonsensical text.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“This is different than anything we’ve experienced before, in that it is not occurring in a single market, and that it is something that is a critical input to growers around the world,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The Chicago admissions office would not be looking for input from the press office or, for that matter, from a magazine writer.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.