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terminal

[tur-muh-nl] / ˈtɜr mə nl /




NOUN
computer screen, computer input/output device
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Two overs later, the weather made a terminal intervention, with the day abandoned at 17:30.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

During those tests, the terminal successfully transmitted data to Earth through NASA's Tracking and Relay Satellite system as well as commercial networks operated by Viasat and SES Space and Defense.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It also maintains its view of a 1.5% terminal rate, expecting the policy rate to reach that level in July 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The new coal export terminal will be built in California with the capacity to handle 12 million tons of the fossil fuel, Trump said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

A later development was the idea of terminal narratives, which were theories put forth to explain colonization of the Americas.

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




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