structures

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The fire destroyed two structures — a cabin and an equipment shed — and forced the evacuation of 11 National Park Service employees, who were rescued by a Santa Barbara County Fire Department helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

To investigate these structures, the team developed a technique called "Glycan Atlasing."

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

“Customer requirements, volume developments and cost structures call for leaner, more focused and more efficient production structures.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

A number of key structures have been completed, for example the 10-mile tunnel under the Chilterns, and the Colne Valley viaduct.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Their many societies had developed rigid social and economic class structures in which wealth and power were concentrated among monarchies, aristocracies, and the Catholic Church.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz