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Mercury

[mur-kyuh-ree] / ˈmɜr kyə ri /


NOUN
terrestrial planet
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Her writing has been featured in Los Angeles Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Mercury News and other local and digital publications.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

“The proposal maintains one distinctly Black-influence district while dispersing Black voters among other districts,” Phillip Thompson, executive director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization, wrote for the Virginia Mercury in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Then, in February, the administration formalized the rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, in effect making the exemptions permanent.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

If correct, the planet may closely resemble Mercury.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

CBS president William Paley and other nervous executives were quite displeased with Welles, Houseman, and the Mercury.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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