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sequence

[see-kwuhns] / ˈsi kwəns /


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“What’s a good story if things end up the way they began?” she ponders over the narration in the film’s opening sequence, itself a nod to how the first movie begins.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Not that a drawn out, stunt-heavy chase sequence on a mountainous highway doesn’t get the blood rushing again.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The researchers also found that DNA does not pair equally well along every sequence.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

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

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

After five minutes of perfect quiet, the same sequence repeats itself three more times, after which he’s presumably lulled himself back to sleep for a while.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

And dream sequences that sometimes pop out of nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

An international research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now carried out the first systematic investigation of these sequences of storms using decades of weather observations.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

This review does not reveal the game's biggest moments, but beware minor spoilers for some of the characters that appear and a few early sequences.

From BBC Sep. 12, 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

Only by the most special pleading could I imagine the polynucleotide backbone bending enough to accommodate irregular base sequences.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

The tumor has to be sequenced to identify the mutations the vaccine should target.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 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

Prof Maggs needed to grow the seaweed big enough to be DNA sequenced.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The team sequenced the genomes of four parent-offspring trios and counted the new mutations that appeared.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Indeed, as predicted, when the gene encoding the hemoglobin B chain was later identified and sequenced in sickle-cell patients, there was a single change: one triplet in DNA—GAG—had changed to another—GTG.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Sork’s lab, along with the Nature Conservancy, is sequencing oak DNA to identify which trees are best built to survive a hotter, drier California.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

We would not have achieved this without exome sequencing, as the gene we identified wasn't an obvious candidate and little is known about Mal protein in red cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

By sequencing genetic material preserved in teeth, the scientists were able to reconstruct ancient bacterial genomes and identify previously unknown early forms of plague.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Tempus said it has been chosen to be the sequencing partner if the Moderna-Merck vaccine is approved.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 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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