formula
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Botched executions have come under scrutiny over the past decade, since a shortage of the drugs used led some states to change the formula, or procure drugs from more questionable sources.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The PCE numbers don’t come as a surprise to Wall Street analysts, because the index’s formula draws on other government inflation data that were published earlier in the month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
With the August report, the Bureau of Economic Analysis updated the formula it uses to measure inflation with its personal-consumption expenditures price index.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s a proven formula that leans into the ridiculousness of mundane situations but earns its audience every holiday season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Even though it doesn’t agree with the way nature seems to work, Planck’s strange hypothesis—that molecular vibrations were quantized—led to the correct formula for the frequencies of light that come off an object.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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GP2 and GP3, and their successors F2 and F3, are one-make formulae; everyone has to use the same chassis and engine.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
"We wanted to see whether the starting point of his formulae fit naturally into some physics," says Sinha.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Pupils had extra information, such as formulae sheets and advanced warning of topics, ahead of their exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
In this they are quite unlike testimonies, which degrade as they pass from ear to ear in an endless game of Chinese whispers; eighteenth-century probability theorists actually devised formulae for calculating this rate of degradation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
AI models trained on proprietary data—decades of product formulas, sensor logs from machinery or customer transactions—can produce insights and predictions that off-the-shelf models can’t match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Physicists have spent decades trying to reproduce the process with mathematical equations, but deriving the necessary formulas proved exceptionally difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a settlement agreement reached last year, Conservice agreed to provide any California tenant disputing their bill with copies of invoices and formulas used to determine their specific charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Scribbling graphs and formulas on the blackboard as he spoke, Serber began to explain the physics of an atomic bomb.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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