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The results could shape responses to climate change for decades to come.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Now, as AI comes of age, the rates of diffusion could shape the global economic order in years to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some are made with a firmer material in the lower half of the pillow, which help retain the shape during the night.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Still, the competition for supremacy will continue to shape the AI ecosystem for the rest of the world, experts told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
The shape, “surrounded by a semi-circle of light about eighteen inches in diameter,” formed itself into what looked like a human head.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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"Sometimes you've just got to look through the leaf litter a bit, and you'd be amazed at the colours and different shapes and sizes of mushrooms you can find when you do look," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Grief can present itself in many shapes: a treasured photograph, a love song, a giant black crow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The researchers used high pressure freezing electron microscopy to preserve their delicate shapes before examining them with beams of electrons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The underwater road stretched far ahead, toward a jumble of murky shapes.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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They wrote and produced their own songs, shaped their own streetwear image and blended genres ranging from hip-hop and R&B to trot, a traditional South Korean folk genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The goal is to test whether local geological and biological processes like those identified in Russia also shaped the Gabonese rock record.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Some are placed on a sculpture resembling the Rub el Hizb, an Islamic star shaped like an octagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
For most of the years between the comedy’s debut in 1984 through its 1992 cancellation, the upwardly mobile Huxtables shaped how white America viewed a specific segment of black America, for good or ill.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
“This is the thirty-seventh time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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"They are an expression of our culture and a key element in shaping and preserving the land. We do not want to uproot ourselves."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
But the makeover he faces with the Kings is shaping up as one of the most challenging of his career, and most of the preseason prognostications have the Kings failing to make the cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a war correspondent and report on the humanitarian crises shaping our time.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In We Were Here, the Big Joanie singer and guitarist charts the role of black artists in creating, shaping and transforming rock 'n' roll, punk and alternative music.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
What's more, Adams let it be known that he was considering either Jefferson or Madison to head the delegation—in effect, including the leadership of the Republican party in the shaping of foreign policy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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