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Their average eating period was 8.2 hours per day, compared with an average of 12.3 hours among women in the standard eating group.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s all standard methodology that Damodaran has made publicly available.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The exam and the process should both apply one standard: Dangerous capability stays absent under adversarial challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The special 70mm celluloid is touted as having ultra-high resolution and capturing an unusually wide frame, qualities Nolan says are best experienced by seeing a projection of physical film, not the contemporary standard digital format.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I know it seems like a double standard, but your father needs to stay in constant contact with his business interests,” Mom added apologetically, slipping back into her chair.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The contrasting standards vex those worried for the future of public education.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for Greene King said it respected the tribunal's decision and that it was committed to upholding the highest standards of employee welfare.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
She cited a federal statute authorizing the U.S. service academies to make “minimum essential adjustments” to their standards “because of physiological differences between male and female individuals.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The 2023 restrictions did not raise the standards, they abandoned them,” Ricardo Rosselló, the former governor of Puerto Rico, a drug-manufacturing hub, told the committee.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The head butler ruled the house servants and maintained the high standards Washington set for a perfectly ordered household.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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