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synthetic

[sin-thet-ik] / sɪnˈθɛt ɪk /


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The difference now, Tkatch said, is more advanced technology, making it easier to widely circulate synthetic fragrances and natural scents in a way that’s discreet and constant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Using newly developed quantum simulator technology, the researchers made the first direct measurements of energy levels in synthetic quantum matter predicted by the Ising and tricritical Ising conformal field theories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Randles added: "Once you've knitted with it and washed it, it drapes beautifully whereas sometimes when you knitting with synthetic it doesn't drape but this stuff does."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

ChatGPT maker OpenAI was forced to apologise in 2024 to star Scarlett Johansson over a synthetic voice that sounded like her, released after she declined to work with OpenAI on the project.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

As he took her in his arms a wave of synthetic violets flooded his nostrils.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Pro-kratom groups like the American Kratom Association are pushing for bans against synthetics "posing as natural kratom".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“You have these synthetics labeled as kratom; a lot of this is a misunderstanding,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The contract allows for limited use of synthetics, under "unusual circumstances," when a generative AI system can be used to create a character who is not based on any actual person in the world.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

Composed of icy club beats and steadfast synthetics, she describes the album as “sonically concise,” in that she intentionally used limited instrumentation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Without synthetics, processed foods like TV dinners just can’t be manufactured.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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