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For a condition affecting hundreds of millions of people globally, that kind of prevention could add up quickly if applied broadly among people at elevated risk.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

They’re also more cross-functional, including not just engineers but also designers and applied scientists.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

At one point, she considered becoming a professor of legal ethics, so, as the daughter of two lawyers, she applied to law school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Meanwhile, Mengele's wife had rented an apartment in Zurich, and applied for permanent residency.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Often the name of a scale simply reflects what it sounds like to the person using it, and the same name may be applied to different scales, or different names to the same scale.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones