shape
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The researchers also found that motor circuits connect with other circuit types, including those in the visual and endocrine systems, which supply extra information that helps shape behavior.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Whatever combination of instrumentation and samples the trio is working with and whatever oblong shape their compositions assume, you can always hear structure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"But you can see now that he is actually in a sweet spot. He comes back, he's fresh, he wants to play and he's in top shape."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
A sharp breeze curled around them, raising the petals completely off his skin and taking the shape of a cyclone.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing shape
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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