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Noun
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The Audacity creator Jonathan Glatzer and star Billy Magnussen, who plays wealthy tech CEO Duncan Park, took the stage at Deadline Contenders TV to talk about taking the tech monster lurking in the shadows and those responsible for its existence, and turning it into a comedy.—
Amanda Champagne-Meadows,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Three generations of Nicolsons have grown strawberries on this roughly 9-acre patch of land along Route 66, nestled in the shadows of Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains and tucked between a gas station, a golf course and a Walmart.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The rapid breakdown and spread of air particles can cause thunderstorm asthma.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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Nanoplastics are the very smallest particles, about 1,000th the average width of a human hair, and are most likely to get inside the human body.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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This also marked the 88th straight draft that both Michigan and USC had a player picked, the longest streaks of any school.—
Josh Dubow,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Despite a pair of six-game losing streaks and another five-game losing streak, the B’s were somehow able to grind their way to a 100-point season.—
Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sprays and granules can be applied directly to the weeds.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, researchers in southern Oregon found starch granules that reveal how Native Americans processed food thousands of years ago.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The southern façade, for instance, is entirely solid—no windows, no openings—to shield the interior from the most brutal solar rays.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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The family smiles while dressed casually and barefoot, squinting from the sun's rays.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These markers could be as simple as a grid of dots on the outside of the window or as complex as ultraviolet coatings that birds can see but humans can’t.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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That said, a few words readily available would help connect the dots without undermining the provocation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her lyrics were as interested in the sound of language as the meaning, stretching words like taffy and ping-ponging syllables around.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The method of literacy instruction is often associated with smaller letter sounds, like consonant blends or syllables.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These are molecules composed of 60 carbon atoms, each of which are bonded to three neighboring atoms.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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The researchers exposed a piece of the Murchison meteorite, which contains organic molecules, to TMAH.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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