in a sense

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"This is the first time we've been able to see what happens when the most important physical processes in black hole accretion are included accurately. These systems are extremely nonlinear -- any over-simplifying assumption can completely change the outcome. What's most exciting is that our simulations now reproduce remarkably consistent behaviors across black hole systems seen in the sky, from ultraluminous X-ray sources to X-ray binaries. In a sense, we've managed to 'observe' these systems not through a telescope, but through a computer," said lead author Lizhong Zhang.

From Science Daily

“Germany is in a sense returning to old form,” said Graf, the sociologist.

From The Wall Street Journal

That, in a sense, defines the problem: generational labels aren’t just cute tags we can place on someone to blame them for avocado toast.

From Salon

But regardless of what he and Knight decide, what happened once before will always exist in a sense.

From Los Angeles Times

In a sense, the book began back in the ’80s when Coley, Gustafsson and Moore started collecting these strange recorded documents in experimental sound at a time when these records were hard to find and even harder to research.

From Los Angeles Times