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Noun
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But the impenetrability of where this story is going, and the dwindling numbers of who will survive by the end of it, are diminishing shadows that glow.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Curiously, this rediscovered impenetrability has come with Nick Pope, the undisputed No 1 goalkeeper, injured.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
1 Jan. 2025
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Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Feb. 2023
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Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.—
Sarah Zhang,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2012
Noun
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Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Industry executives have stayed bullish even as the Trump administration announced a slew of economic and regulatory policy shifts that fueled uncertainty.—
Manya Saini and Niket Nishant,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The challenges are not just about the volume but also the complexity and fragmentation of data generated by sensors, machines, and smart factories.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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That process can take months or even years, depending on the project’s complexity.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Indirectness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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