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Determining its original abundance more accurately allows researchers to investigate the physical conditions that prevailed when the Universe was only minutes old.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
If the ploy works, it’s proof that they were right all along — that cooler heads prevailed and the initial controversy was an overreaction.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Brighton prevailed because they created a game that was unfamiliar and unpredictable.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He was one of the first Warner executives that Ellison met with this year after Paramount prevailed over Netflix in the bidding war for Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Things that should never have happened, that seemed out of place and wrong, these were what prevailed, what endured, in the end.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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