compelling
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Lana Sinapayen added, "Even if life elsewhere is fundamentally different from life on Earth, its large-scale effects, such as spreading and modifying planets, may still leave detectable traces. That's what makes this approach compelling."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
It’s a compelling narrative — if only it were real.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Yet it omits that the FDA also said it would entertain an accelerated approval based on a single-arm trial if the results were compelling, Replimune chair Philip Astley-Sparke tells us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
They are routinely and religiously suppressing those who are trying to make a better and more compelling case.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
“Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realize how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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