dimension
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Some analysts say AI has brought a new dimension to the dramatic boom-and-bust cycles the memory chip industry is known for.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The debate took on another dimension with the sudden death of Lindsey Graham at 71 after what his office described as a brief illness.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
But we can’t be passive observers of a revolution that will reshape every dimension of human life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
His penalty record, two taken and two scored, adds another dimension.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The dream’s been the same for so long, and this new dimension feels a little...invasive.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The hunt takes place in two different dimensions really and that's about as far as I can say at the moment."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The team investigated a version of gravity known as Einstein-Cartan theory, formulated in 7 dimensions on a mathematical structure called a G2-manifold with torsion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Elsewhere as Siegfried, Aran Bell, principal since 2020, proved physically imposing and mostly steady and secure technically, without bringing much individuality to the role’s aristocratic dimensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
I got out a straightedge, a protractor, and a compass and carefully drew the nozzle and the casement to the dimensions I had calculated.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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This has drastic consequences for the way in which flood protection must be dimensioned.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
U. S. Ambassador Woods called for tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothing, galvanized iron, dimensioned timber to provide food and shelter for the refugees.
From Time Magazine Archive
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An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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The factory made elaborate detailed dimensioned drawings, marked with every permitted kind and degree of variation—as many as four hundred drawings to a single aeroplane.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
If the drawing is not dimensioned, the workman must get his sizes from the drawing by applying his rule or a suitable scale.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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Engineering - Introductory
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