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For many households, parental obligations are a key driver behind this choice, with the “time versus money” trade-off emerging during the years when income growth and retirement savings are set to accelerate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Nissan Motor and Honda Motor have agreed to jointly develop key systems and software for next-generation vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
In particular, the material seemed to have a single energy gap, a key characteristic that reflects how electrons pair together so they can move without electrical resistance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
That area plays a key role in forming and retrieving what scientists call episodic memories: memories of specific events and experiences in a person's life.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Only trouble is, it’s locked with a tiny brass padlock and there’s no sign of a key.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
That finding may help explain a familiar experience: looking repeatedly for something, such as a pair of keys, only to realize it was visible the entire time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Delevingne sisters decorated the 1955-midcentury property together before handing the keys over to Usher.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
But we still sing the old songs in the original keys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was riding high earlier this summer after fulfilling a campaign pledge to tax the wealthy, helping elect three progressive congressional candidates and handing the victorious Knicks the keys to the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I couldn’t tell what displeased her more: the loud, jazzy tune, or the dropped notes from the broken or out-of-tune keys.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Health officials have keyed in on iceberg lettuce as a potential source.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The emotional tone of each vocal performance is beautifully keyed to each song’s context.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Home runs by Anaiyah Popoalii and Ashannalee Titialii keyed the win.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The illustrations were keyed by letters to textual labels.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
In an interview with Axios published Sunday, Trump said “We are low keying it” with Iran.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 9, 2026
Blindfolded, I felt Theatre Obscura was mostly playing off our fears rather than giving in to them, largely keying in on our anticipation that something may happen to us when stripped of sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
This is because the Code of Practice for the parking sector says charges should be reduced to £20 when drivers make "keying errors".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
“When the market is keying off fundamentals, around earnings season of these companies, these stocks rally,” Slimmon said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
He consulted his notes, keying in on one thing in particular.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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