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That distance is more than one thousand times greater than the characteristic size of a single oscillator.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The cost of preparing estate documents with the help of an attorney may run a couple of thousand dollars in total, depending on how complicated someone’s situation is.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
That hopeful time “feels like a thousand years ago,” Mr. Nordlinger said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
We did a big recruitment campaign, had over a thousand recruits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
For the dogs I had more than a thousand boots to keep the snow and ice from cutting their feet.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Toward the end the Obama administration, thousands of borrowers had their debt discharged through this process, known as borrower defense.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Then each individual choir member has to pay an additional £42, which means some choirs having to pay thousands of pounds to attend.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many Parallax units would be needed at each data center site, as companies are looking for hundreds to thousands of megawatts of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Given these developments and the pace of Russian and Ukrainian drone production, a battlefield with hundreds to thousands of fully autonomous drones operating is plausible within the next few years.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Coal mining companies failed, and thousands of miners found themselves out of work and their families destitute.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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