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[fayz] / feɪz /


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It is far along in the final testing phase to operate at airports in Nashville, Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta and Dallas Love Field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

During the experimental phase, the three lions received approximately 200 kilograms of carcasses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is only five games into the WSL season and they have another four matches to play in the league phase in Europe.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The law can be "enforced against any provider, starting from the testing phase, if they experience a loss of control that affects the EU's internal market," including cyberattacks and biological or chemical misuse, Regnier said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

As a still-newish associate at Sidley, I understood that the next phase of my career was critical—that my accomplishments would determine whether I made partner or not.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Treasurys has been going on for months, but it has moved through several different phases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Yang and his colleagues are now investigating whether a tightly focused laser can switch the material between this quantum many-body phase and other phases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Earlier this year, the EU inked a landmark agreement with India and has progressing trade agreement negotiations in various phases with Malaysia and Thailand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The HPV self-testing scheme is being introduced in phases across England, initially targeting women aged 30 to 65 who have not attended cervical screening after previous invitations.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

All of this occurred during the hectic early phases of the TB project in Peru.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

From the Google release: Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach," wrote Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google's chief AI architect, in a blog post announcing the model.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In February, Waitrose said it would suspend sales of fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel due to overfishing concerns, while tinned products would be phased out as existing stock was sold.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

But over the last two decades, the already tiny space for indie film has grown even smaller, being phased out by streamers — the place indies go to die — and YouTube.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

This remembered world was somehow more vivid than the physical world I inhabited, and I phased between them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Unlike recent COPs -- where nearly 200 nations forged landmark pacts on phasing down coal or moving away from fossil fuels -- the negotiation agenda at COP31 is light on big-ticket items.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

California will begin phasing out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with birth defects, thyroid issues and other serious health problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

In addition to adding a slop button, LinkedIn last month said it was phasing out an “enhance your post” feature that encouraged the use of AI tools for proofreading and rewriting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Starting today, the federal government will put new limits on certain types of borrowing, begin phasing out longstanding repayment programs and launch a new one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Wolverine, the company that makes Hush Puppies, was thinking of phasing out the shoes that made them famous.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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