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“The big question for me is how to teach students to govern their own attention, judgment and thought in a society that increasingly treats them as extractable resources,” Senk said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

So, it has surpluses of lighter rare earths such as neodymium, but lacks extractable quantities of heavier elements like dysprosium and terbium, which are critical for many high-performance magnets.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

Among the chemicals identified, decabromodiphenyl ethane, or DBDPE, appeared at the highest extractable levels.

From Science Daily Dec. 18, 2025

What pleasure is extractable in “Argylle,” directed by Matthew Vaughn, lies in its mild surprises.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

When Anna Estcourt was twenty-five, and had begun to wonder whether the pleasure extractable from life at all counterbalanced the bother of it, a wonderful thing happened.

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth




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