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[spred] / sprɛd /






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Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

For those familiar with options, the mandatory convertible amounts to common stock plus the sale of a call spread.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

No other World Cup has been spread over three countries.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The U.S. withdrawal from international agencies and the strain USAID’s end put on surveillance and response systems were key to allowing Ebola to spread unchecked, several experts told me.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

They had all their stuff spread out on the table and looked intense, as if they were in another world while sitting somewhere otherworldly.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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