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The seventh song, Yeah, is a textbook example of tension and release in pop music - that strips the idea down to its most elemental form.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He co-authored the influential textbook Quantum Optics, a resource that has educated generations of physicists.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Microsoft is the textbook example of how to leverage parallel bets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
“The word menopause has never been used in a cardiology textbook, ever,” said cardiologist Dr. Jayne Morgan on a recent episode of the podcast Menopunks.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
At the age of forty-one, I am returning to school and have to think of myself as what my French textbook calls "a true debutant."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
They get to be in the textbooks, but they didn’t get to be on the air.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The “standard” anatomy shown in textbooks is therefore best understood not as a universal blueprint, but as a simplified reference point within a wide biological range.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
He wears pressure garments through Ahmedabad's heat and struggles to turn the pages of textbooks.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Finance textbooks teach you about confirmation bias and expected value.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
From the end of the seventeenth century, through sermons and lectures, through popular textbooks and dramatic dialogues, the new science was disseminated to a wider audience than ever before.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Reading: Informational - Middle School
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