dwell
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Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Crucially, the negative value of the weakly measured dwell time cannot be explained by imagining that only the front of the photon’s pulse gets through, unlike the time inferred from the arrival time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
But Tammy Beaumont had little time to dwell on a hazy blur of tiredness or the overwhelming excitement at new-found freedom, as she went straight from Loughborough to her England debut in the Caribbean.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It was yet another early exit for a team that has never even made it to the World Cup semifinals — but no wanted to dwell on defeat, because no one felt defeated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
“But, hey. That’s only on Mondays. Otherwise, I don’t dwell on it.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
It dwells on the conversations anybody would want dwelled on, like with President Trump and Chris Christie as each recovered from near-death Covid experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
From here, much of the novel dwells on Günter’s terror and paralysis as the Nazi Party wrests control of Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Curiously, the book also dwells little on Monroe’s own literary ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
He never dwells on errors, he just kicks on.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
“Something evil dwells in this castle, something wicked enough to make the stars quake. Its malice echoes into all worlds,” the queen went on.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
It dwells on the conversations anybody would want dwelled on, like with President Trump and Chris Christie as each recovered from near-death Covid experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The prosecutor dwelled at excruciating length on Graham’s love letters to Prow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
Vance’s most heated points about gender dwelled not on hormones but on LGBTQ+ issues.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2024
On Saturday, the group’s president, David McIntosh, sat in the front row of a Trump rally in Conway, S.C., a detail that the former president repeatedly dwelled on for his audience.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
In the evenings Kapugen sang and danced with the old men, and all of their songs and dances were about the sea and the land and the creatures that dwelled there.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
On average, their eyes dwelt on their screen for longer when the language was angry and emotive.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2023
It seemed strange that people dwelt on so small and forlorn a place, a mere sandbar; maybe they were castaways; but he was too weary to puzzle his head about them then.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
However, it now offers a laid-back California feel thanks to the work that Scott has carried out during his ownership of the dwelling.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rather than modernizing the home through an extensive renovation, however, the couple chose to preserve its midcentury character while tailoring other elements of the dwelling to their lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The decline in dwelling prices has gathered momentum in recent months as interest rates have risen, while a decision make tax arrangements less attractive for property investors has also weighed on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Canal and River Trust says that, post-Covid, our waterways have increasingly become "places of dwelling".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The spouse pairs were announced each year at the Ceremony and shared a dwelling after that.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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