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shatter

[shat-er] / ˈʃæt ər /




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But 2026 could shatter records, with rocket and AI company SpaceX, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and AI startup Anthropic all potentially making their stock market debuts.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

But only one could be worn by the first person to shatter the 2-hour barrier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Time and again, Garbus and her experts’ perspectives responsibly remind us that we’re watching a father shatter the bonds between his children.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

It wouldn’t take much to shatter that fragile equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

If enough neutrons boiled out of each shattered nucleus with just the right energy, the process might continue on its own until no more uranium nuclei remained to shatter.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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