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resource

[ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs] / ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs, rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs /


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Lonnie Ali proved to be a valuable resource, Watkins said, since she she had known Ali as a young man and could put producers in touch with others who had known him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The data centre construction boom in Indonesia and Malaysia began when resource constraints led hyper-connected Singapore to halt new developments between 2019 and 2022.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Why not acquire more of the world’s greatest natural resource?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

“This is transforming geothermal from a niche, location-dependent resource into a scalable source of 24/7, low-carbon power,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

One thing he remembered was the day his parents and his math teacher told him he’d be going to the resource room every Thursday because of his multiplication tables.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“As AI adoption scales, existing supply concentrations could become more consequential, while new dependencies emerge across computing infrastructure and resources such as critical materials,” MGI said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

This means "ensuring response personnel are properly trained, paid, equipped, and supported, and directing resources towards areas where needs are greatest," it said.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

It also used computing resources at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is supported by the Advanced Scientific Computing Research programs within the Office of Science at the U.S.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“Now we have a space that is designed and — provided we have the resources to staff it — we can keep those operations going on simultaneously.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

This is a typical human response to recognizing differences that can become a problem when more than one group wants or needs the same resources.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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