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[breyk-throo] / ˈbreɪkˌθru /


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Even as crude-oil prices declined sharply from late-April highs —including a drop of nearly 20% in May — refined-product markets remained tight, said Matt Muenster, chief economist at transportation management company Breakthrough.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Breakthrough T1D, which funded earlier research that helped make the drug possible, said that a number of other type 1 diabetes immunotherapy treatments are now in development.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Those experiments recently earned the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the world's most prestigious science awards.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

“These large data sets and AI models really help us to cast a large net,” says Steve Croft, project scientist for the Breakthrough Listen initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

With faith in Operation Breakthrough, a hundred residents formed a new organization—the Tenants’ Club—to handle grievances with the DHA.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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