combination
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This is despite a combination of workarounds–such as pipelines and ship-to-ship transfers– enabling oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz to return preconflict levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The combination of the two San Francisco-based rivals has already raised antitrust concerns, but it could also help combat the dominance of major e-commerce companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
What they do, however, is acknowledge that the trend has lasted long enough and gone far enough, or a combination both, to be considered a long-term trend.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
DoorDash said Instacart shareholders will have a choice to receive cash, DoorDash stock or a combination, with at least 75% of the consideration paid in cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Fact: According to my research, people have twenty-one expressions, all a smashed-up combination of six: sadness, happiness, fear, anger, disgust, and surprise.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Previously, if fulfillment centers were out of certain size and style combinations, stores shipped those online orders themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Maresca was forced to try different combinations at the back against Villa, but as the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson once said, "attack wins you games, defence wins you titles".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The combinations produced more than 100 instances in which a sweetener's effect on bacterial growth changed in the presence of another substance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Chants of 'oh Fabio Wardley' were quickly silenced as Dubois continued to unload punishing combinations.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
He initially devised 200 syllabic signs and gradually reduced them to 85, most of them for combinations of one consonant and one vowel.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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