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[spin] / spɪn /




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Meanwhile, the scientists are expanding their approach to investigate spin defects in silicon, as well as materials used in energy technologies where internal conversion influences how energy is transferred or lost.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company said in June that it would spin off its TV, film and streaming business into a separate, publicly-traded entity, which is expected to be completed next summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Following the tour of South Africa, spin will play a big role on the two-Test tour of Bangladesh in February.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

For Dimon, that starts with killing internal spin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

And then I wish I hadn’t because on the next spin one of them sees me and points across.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The Philadelphia-based company is trying to stem customer losses and streamline before it spins off NBCUniversal next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, the researchers eventually recognized that they were connected by a broader principle involving symmetries of electron spins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

These systems contain a neutron star, the extraordinarily dense remnant of a massive star, that spins rapidly while stripping material from a much smaller companion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The seats are on the side of the track, allowing riders’ feet to dangle below or above them as their seat spins forward or backward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

G’ma spins all the way around, mock-gasps, and puts the spatula over her heart.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

The allegations span a 10-year period from 1999 to 2009 and involve six female complainants.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

These immense weather systems can span planetary scales, continually changing the appearance of the distant world.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

He has not hit a home run since Aug. 18, a span of 107 at-bats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

It happens when certain stocks get big and then produce an outsize share of market gains over a short time span, powering the index higher on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

But twice in her life she had left the Chênière Caminada, and then for the briefest span.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

El-Sayed said he stressed he didn’t want to manage a juvenile jail when he took the job, and it was later spun out of his department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He lost control of his Mercedes, which spun across the track into the inside wall, before bouncing back again to the outside, the rest of the field somehow avoiding him.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

From Mr. Van Raan’s sketchy paper—a mere six pages—Mr. Byrne has spun a more expansive consideration of its theme, “Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and Why They Wake Up.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"It spun from our treatment, and not being treated like human beings."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Her spinning slowed and seemed to be difficult, but still she spun.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

But he’s never been so delicately novelistic, and so accessibly human, as with his latest movie, “Possible Love,” even when Lee is spinning the enigmatic vibes he’s known for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The event didn't go well for Surtees - he was the first driver to retire by spinning off on the third lap.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Johnson & Johnson is “leaning” toward spinning out the hips-and-knees business that the company has been looking to hive off, Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rather than creating spin through an external optical component, the researchers demonstrated how the beam's existing internal structure can determine where spinning regions develop during propagation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

In front of the fireplace was a spinning wheel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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