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surface

[sur-fis] / ˈsɜr fɪs /






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The Japan Meteorological Agency last week declared this El Nino the strongest on record based on how far sea surface temperatures were above normal in the Nino3 region of the eastern Pacific.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Once on the surface, it will deploy a robotic arm and two samplers to grab some moon dust.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

On the surface, this suggests that the technology stocks that have helped lead the S&P 500 higher may lag the broader market in the weeks ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

To confirm their findings, the team also used an independent measurement technique involving airtight chambers placed directly on the soil surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

I can’t see them, but I know they are there, just under the surface.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Shakoor has been told that unless new information surfaces, Essex Police will review the case in a decade's time.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But a Columbia University research team has found that when water molecules come into contact with plastic surfaces, a key chemical reaction does in fact take place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, a technique capable of imaging surfaces at the atomic level, the researchers confirmed that the steps ran parallel to one another and directly observed vortices positioned along them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

It praised Entalpic’s “expertise in surfaces and interfaces for semiconductor manufacturing and next-generation electronics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Thanks to his father’s ointment, the raw surfaces were healing well, but they were still very tender.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Two major issues have already surfaced among Muse’s early users.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

This week, reports surfaced that Bastian had made disparaging remarks at company events about Musk’s reputation and suggested Delta wouldn’t want to work with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

That idea — that a chef’s point of view comes from the entirety of a life, rather than one neatly defined culinary tradition — surfaced again during a panel about travel and where chefs eat.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yet diesel’s rise hasn’t fully surfaced in grocery-store aisles — so far at least.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The first signs of trouble surfaced in interactions between the refugees and the Clarkston Police Department in the late 1990s.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

This comes as old and new challenges are surfacing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

Instead of surfacing web results, the new Siri can actually answer your question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Chatbots have evolved from simple assistants into chatty companions, image generators have become dangerously good at making photorealistic content and new advanced models are said to be surfacing decades-old software bugs.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

He was a newcomer, a black man in what was historically a white man’s business, surfacing from obscurity with a weird name and odd backstory, hoping to strike a chord with the common Democrat.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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