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shear

[sheer] / ʃɪər /


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The whole logging process—from feller-bunchers that cut and stack tree trunks to delimbers that shear off the branches—could be operated by one person on-site with remote help from others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

They developed a method to introduce three different types of shear strain to extremely thin crystals of the material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

These observations indicate that shear strain has almost no influence on when Sr2RuO4 becomes superconducting.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

That’s commonly near the center of the office floor, far from windows and close to permanent shear walls that limit sound intrusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Typically, the plane would have been flying on autopilot in that situation, reacting immediately and appropriately to wind shear.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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