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Once the system had been trained, the team tested it against two additional datasets: two years of anonymized EKG records from a San Diego hospital system and a separate collection of patient data from Taipei.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
About a month after going dark, Cooper announced on her YouTube channel that she had sought a solo deal with Portnoy and secured separate representation from Franklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Two of his former ministers, including Seszták, and the former central bank chief Gyorgy Matolcsy have been under arrest since September over accusations of graft in separate investigations.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
In a separate statement, Manila said it expected the trade pact to be completed in the coming year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Apparently we were all traveling as far as Berlin, then each pursuing her separate route home.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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It also separates institutions that can afford to verify their degrees from those that can’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
"It's peaceful now," the retired agent says as he stands in front of the enormous wall that separates the United States from Mexico, near the town of San Luis, Arizona.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The new approach instead separates information from different regions, allowing researchers to identify atmospheric variations that would otherwise be concealed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Sliced Bread separates science fact from the marketing fiction.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“And that’s what separates the wannabes from the agents in the end. Quinton didn’t nominate ye ’cause he needed a rescuer, he nominated ye because he believed ye can thrive here.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Even when the head and shoulders were anatomically separated, the structure of the backbone would have severely restricted movement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
In 2015 a girlfriend and I spent a few months separated by an ocean, during a period when my depression was consuming me.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
A pair of mutually-loathing rivals, neither separated that long from championship glory, taking the field in a season gone irrelevant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Paul said materials are often separated and recycled afterwards.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
As he separated his nightmares from reality he realized with a groan that far too many of the bad parts were actually happening.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Nevertheless, Hyde-Smith’s team insisted that separating affidavit ballots is required by Mississippi law and federal law, so that each one “can be verified.”
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
She noticed white powder had started separating from his forehead.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
This allows them to pass through an energy barrier separating the metal tip from the silver surface, even though classical physics predicts they should not have enough energy to cross it.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
They will gradually appear to move closer together before their positions shift and they begin separating again.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
At once they came, waves of them, one after another, and they labored separating and dividing, until what had been a confused mass lay all ordered, every seed with its kind.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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