dimension
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The findings add an important dimension to scientists' understanding of cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
As Serling put it, “this is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call ‘The Twilight Zone.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind and, in his telling, unexpected connections.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Director Prakash Jha's Rajneeti in 2010 added another dimension to his acting as his portrayal of an astute politician was delivered with perfection.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Maybe he’d feel a chill as he passed right through it and into another dimension far, far away.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Because the antenna is created by a laser rather than built from a fixed metal structure, its dimensions can be adjusted by changing the laser's settings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Private assets differ from publicly traded investments on four major dimensions: fees, valuation, conflicts and liquidity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In three dimensions, mathematicians have identified 17 distinct topologies that can all remain geometrically flat.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
He saw that three-dimensional experience was going to be rendered in two dimensions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Devised by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon, the system required police to make a precise survey of the dimensions and physical peculiarities of suspects.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The dimensioned pieces required are as follows: 1 Top.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Drawing a key from his pocket he took them into the small office, and showed them the spaciously dimensioned interior.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
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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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