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Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Three decades on, the cutting edge of chess technology is artificial intelligence programmed to rediscover the wide world of possibilities from first principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Its species also display an unusually wide range of photosynthetic strategies, from conventional C3 photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is absorbed during the day, to very strong CAM.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Forcing yourself to have an early night isn't going to work, according to Baker, especially if you end up lying wide awake in bed.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
His forehead crinkles, and then his eyes go wide.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The UN has made a similar appeal, warning against a wider and more devastating conflict.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Studebaker project features raised bus stops and wider bike lanes than have been seen previously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The condo could open the door to that wider, more meaningful conversation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The range of raises around that midpoint will be wider than usual, however.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
There are rows of hoops, each wider than the next, that hang from the waist.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
All told, the improvements have generated a 50% improvement in memory bandwidth, the widest it has ever shipped in an iPhone, the company says at its fall product showcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It's a gap of 5.8 percentage points this year, down from 6.2 last year and 9.5 in 2017, when it was at its widest this century.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many of the roads covered by the ban are the widest in the old town and are popular with delivery drivers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Immediately before the travellers the widest of these glens opened like a long gulf among the hills.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
