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surface

[sur-fis] / ˈsɜr fɪs /






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The world experienced its warmest October on record, with average global surface air temperatures 1.75C above pre-industrial times, an era defined as 1850-1900, Copernicus added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

But beneath the surface, this year’s increase in profits for the group runs counter to the remarkable brutal swing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

You try to picture the spot, but the memory refuses to surface.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

O’Brien said investigators determined that the blazes were “actually one continuous fire,” with embers surviving in underground roots before powerful winds brought them back to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Yes, there was the surface of the ocean with the sun glinting off it.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

This doesn’t just protect their delicate surfaces, it also reflects our own faces back at us, making us a part of these distorted portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Another involves modifying specific areas of their surfaces so that only certain regions attract neighboring particles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Another is that their surfaces somehow retain their original compositions even after collisions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Google has been experimenting with different ad formats within AI surfaces, Flax told MarketWatch, and he believes the company will be able to effectively monetize those conversational queries in the long term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

He found his way into the kitchen and tiptoed past a stretch of gleaming silver surfaces and an oversize fridge.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Our journalism examined power and politics, questioned assumptions, surfaced stories that deserved attention and made room for perspectives that were too often overlooked.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Now, businesses are increasingly looking to get surfaced in conversations in AI Overviews or chatbots, Crowe said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

According to cyber-security firm Wiz, external, which helped uncover the critical PHP vulnerabilities surfaced this week, PHP powers 70% of the world's websites.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Reports of Fiebig and Shue’s relationship also surfaced in 2023, with an unnamed source telling Page Six at the time that Fiebig, who shares a daughter with Holmes, bonded with Schue over the scandal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

A killer whale surfaced beside the ship, its black sides glistening and its white patches tinged a dirty yellow by algae.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

“People who went through this would say, ‘I have seen this movie before,’” Feng Gu, an accounting professor at the University of Buffalo, told MarketWatch last week after reports of the Marvell-Lumentum deal began surfacing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Grain-the dominant growth engine for both carriers through 2026-should remain healthy in absolute terms, but fade rapidly in terms of outsized growth contribution, increasing the importance of replacement growth surfacing elsewhere,” the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We are conscious that some of this evidence is still surfacing but the direction of travel is consistent across multiple, independent, and in some cases very large, bodies of research," the letter continued.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Following the video surfacing, Galliano apologized, went to rehab, and, over the last few years, experienced a brand resurgence that some would call a whitewashing.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

They kept sinking and surfacing, but Nhamo thought she could see twenty adults and six babies.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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