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Recent Examples of space-age
Raytheon, now calling itself RTX, makes space-age battle equipment and, for the commercial market, jet engines and cockpit electronics.
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Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Spithill steers Oracle’s space-age, 72-foot catamaran to its eighth straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all Race 19 on San Francisco Bay.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
For a time 1991 VG was also suspected to be a space-age artifact—or even an Earth-surveilling alien probe.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
Since the brand was founded in 1966, Rabanne has been known for its futuristic, space-age creations encompassing unusual materials such as metal, paper, and even plastics.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024
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Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Spithill steers Oracle’s space-age, 72-foot catamaran to its eighth straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all Race 19 on San Francisco Bay.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
For a time 1991 VG was also suspected to be a space-age artifact—or even an Earth-surveilling alien probe.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
Since the brand was founded in 1966, Rabanne has been known for its futuristic, space-age creations encompassing unusual materials such as metal, paper, and even plastics.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for space-age
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All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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As another new year approaches, businesses in every industry are reevaluating their priorities to adapt to evolving market demands and consumer expectations.Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Space-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/space-age. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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