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traditional

[truh-dish-uh-nl] / trəˈdɪʃ ə nl /


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Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are turning to South Korean missile-defense systems, Ukrainian drones that smash into targets midair and traditional American Gatling guns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

This is especially important for viruses that have been difficult to target using traditional methods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

A new voting system - with 96 members elected across 16 six-member super-constituencies – makes it hard to model the outcome based on traditional opinion polling.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“Even within the food program, food chemical issues have largely taken a backseat to more traditional food safety issues, like food pathogens, E. coli and foodborne illness outbreaks.”

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Nathan didn’t dare to re-sow the traditional kernels, at least not until the horned toad had been dealt with.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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