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Despite the way it is often portrayed in popular culture, 68% of the physicists surveyed said the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Regardless of the attendance, UCLA’s first home game will represent something bigger for Chesney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Groups can be formed, made up of people from different backgrounds and levels of expertise, who represent the diverse ways AI is being used at the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 2023, he brought a dog named Win into the training ground to boost morale, saying that it was used to represent the team as a family.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“We need to be able to ask: What if these jumbled letters represent, say, ‘today’s weather report’?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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"Our study represents a major advance in understanding what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease," said Hansruedi Mathys, assistant professor of neurobiology at Pitt's Department of Neurobiology, who directed the Pitt arm of the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
"We don't know if glutathione is affective," said Sean DeCrane, the assistant to the general president for health and safety at the IAFF, which represents over 360,000 firefighters across the US and Canada.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Lobbyists these days have "more work", said Umberto Gambini of consultancy Forward Global, which represents, among others, companies in the tech sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Tesla Semi represents an underappreciated driver of earnings growth through 2040,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
On my left is Rabia, who represents the safe and comfortable life I’ve known since I was born.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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More intriguing were symptoms that appeared frequently enough to attract the researchers' attention but may not be as well represented in current drug labels or conventional adverse event reports.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Melanie T. Partow, an attorney who has represented Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay, was listed as a speaker on a Friday morning panel titled, “Torture, Rendition, and Detention: The Erosion of the Rights Regime Post-9/11.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Chow, 41, is a Cambridge-educated lawyer who represented herself at the trial, speaking at a brisk pace and responding to questions quickly.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
He is now being represented by a public defender and is due back in court on 19 October.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 4/4 or 2/4 time, for example, the macrobeat is represented by quarter notes, while in 3/4 time it is represented by the dotted half.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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California regulators certified a union representing Uber and Lyft drivers, marking a milestone in a years-long fight by gig workers in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A brief search of the EU's Transparency Register, to which organisations must sign up, throws up a wild mix of groups representing various interests.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Quickly stacking up against Infiniweb’s claim were those filed by law firms representing hundreds of victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Prince William, representing his father King Charles III, attended the funeral alongside the Princess Royal, who was there in a personal capacity as godmother to Norway's new monarch.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Kind of like me representing freedom. Like freedom from slavery, maybe.”
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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