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[see-kwuhns] / ˈsi kwəns /


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Instead of requiring a long sequence of repeated control steps, they can allow the intended quantum operation to be completed in just one driving cycle.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

"The flap deployment here happened much later in the accident sequence," Rojas said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

It’s a superb sequence, one in which Mr. Harington shows the depth of his talent and which all of Sydney’s earlier cynicism and strutting has made more convincing, and moving.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It would’ve been an eye-opening sequence for any pass rusher, let alone a true freshman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

I’ve read about sea animals and honeybees, and all about a beautiful piece of math called the Fibonacci sequence.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Yet inside living cells, DNA must sometimes come into close contact and recognize matching sequences.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Wilson said as an actor and a movie buff, it was a thrill to see how the action sequences were put together.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

A barrage of newly concocted action sequences in the second half makes the pacing so off-balance that the film feels like a heron trying to fly with one blinged-out wing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

One of the more acutely affecting sequences involves the parents letting Dovilė know that they’re splitting up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Learning sequences in music: A contemporary music learning theory.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

This vaccine is different: A surgeon removes the tumor and sends it to a lab, where its mutations are sequenced and an algorithm identifies the targets for a personalized mRNA vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Unlike traditional posthumous albums that stitch together loose verses, “Prolific” was recorded and sequenced nearly two years before Hussle’s death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

It's sequenced with another cross-generational saga, The Test, where Madonna and her eldest daughter, Lourdes Leon, thrash out their differences over a spacious, trancey instrumental.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Jefferies analyst Randal Konik described Denton’s appointment as “another deliberate step in Hill’s sequenced turnaround” in a research note Tuesday.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

According to Annabeth, who’d seen the show before, the blasts would be sequenced so tighdy they’d look like frames of animation across the sky.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Eby sees the mRNA vaccine business as a potential customer-acquisition funnel: The initial sequencing brings the patient into the Tempus ecosystem, while recurring MRD testing could bring them back for years of monitoring.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Personalis has been involved in the tumor sequencing for Moderna’s clinical program.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Genetic sequencing showed that the organisms' DNA was present in the samples, but getting the microbes to grow in the laboratory so researchers could study them directly proved far more difficult.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Single-cell RNA sequencing allowed the researchers to narrow the source further.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

They are listening, analyzing, visualizing, sequencing, and applying concentrated brainwork to understand what they are singing.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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