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the following of a custom, rule, or law
a society in which a strict observation of business etiquette is expected of visiting foreigners
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The statistics back up my observations.
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Tracy Lawrence, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Before speaking with your manager, prepare your observations and consider if, or how, the situation is impacting your work.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, according to a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal, new measurements from Webb have confirmed that the Hubble tension isn't due to some flaw in our observations, but instead potentially due to the influence of dark matter and dark energy.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The team is collecting more observations and hopes to take real-time data from Mars someday and use it to make predictions, much like weather forecasters do on Earth.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Our universe appears to be expanding about eight percent faster than initially assumed possible, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
On the other hand, the actual telescope observations calculate this value around 70-76 km/s/Mpc, averaging at 73 km/s/Mpc.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, new observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has deepened this perplexing enigma.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Here are three observations from the outcome.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
Tracy Lawrence, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Before speaking with your manager, prepare your observations and consider if, or how, the situation is impacting your work.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, according to a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal, new measurements from Webb have confirmed that the Hubble tension isn't due to some flaw in our observations, but instead potentially due to the influence of dark matter and dark energy.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The team is collecting more observations and hopes to take real-time data from Mars someday and use it to make predictions, much like weather forecasters do on Earth.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Our universe appears to be expanding about eight percent faster than initially assumed possible, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
On the other hand, the actual telescope observations calculate this value around 70-76 km/s/Mpc, averaging at 73 km/s/Mpc.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, new observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has deepened this perplexing enigma.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Here are three observations from the outcome.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Observations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observations. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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