complex
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The Matadors ran the Princeton offense, a complex system of back-cuts and split-second decisions developed at the Ivy League school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The newly restored West Mebon temple rises from a reservoir at Cambodia's sprawling Angkor archaeological complex, the latest in a century of conservation projects led by former colonial power France.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Storage also buys limited time for exporters: Singapore’s entire cavern complex holds less than two days’ worth of Saudi crude exports, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
While these sorts of deals can be complex, they have become increasingly common between local authorities and developers.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
From a complex mix of motives, it seemed.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Self-assembly is essential throughout biology, helping create everything from the internal skeletons of cells to specialized molecular compartments and large protein complexes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The state also hosts the nation’s premier national-security launch complexes up and down the Space Coast along the Atlantic in Central Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
On Friday, lawmakers agreed on a compromise on proposed legislation to regulate energy use by California’s growing data center industry, measures prompted by community fears about the massive complexes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
SpaceX’s new spaceport will be the largest in the world, with five launch complexes, each equipped with two pads.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Here, people whisper, the Germans have renovated two kilometers of subterranean corridors under the medieval walls; they have built new defenses, new conduits, new escape routes, underground complexes of bewildering intricacy.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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