marker
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Risk tolerance is the subjective marker in this trio.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
One of those displaced by the advance was Jamal Abu Miri, a 68-year-old retired land surveyor who understood firsthand that the Yellow Line was more than just an arbitrary marker on a map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
An increase, above all, would lay down a marker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The added marker consisted of three copies of an eight-amino-acid sequence known as a 3xFLAG-tag.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
This coincidence makes 1543 a convenient marker for the start of the scientific revolution that would transform first Europe and then the world.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Despite concerns about the sugar content of fruit juice, researchers found no adverse effects on metabolic health markers after four weeks among those who consumed fruit juice or smoothies as part of the intervention.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Although GPS satellites are U.S.-owned military hardware, the reference frame relies on an international patchwork of aging radio-telescopes staring at quasars, laser-ranging stations and physical ground markers anchored to shifting tectonic plates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Text books, notebooks, pens and markers lay scattered across his bed and study table.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The number of achievement markers have grown in recent years, according to Credential Engine, a nonprofit studying the wide world of work-related qualifications.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
It was a cure that was so common that children would stand in line several times and instead of swallowing the pills would take them home to use as bingo markers.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
