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"It is not worth it for Namibia to experiment on its seabed, putting its marine life and the entire movement of ocean water at risk for something as simple as phosphate," he told AFP..
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
I have spent five decades trading on a simple premise: Markets aggregate information no committee possesses, and prices are how that information reaches decision makers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For now, it can only do simple repetitive movements, such as scan a QR code.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Overall, their set was simple but thoroughly enjoyable, which is why they fit cozily midway through this list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
And then, as I rounded the final curve, the solution came to me, so clear and simple that I laughed out loud.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Rather, “The End of Oak Street” recalls a time when both life and the movies seemed simpler, but were really much more complex than most people remember.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The power of CDWs is that they are a much simpler form of matter compared to superconductivity. They offer a playground for fundamental understanding."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The macro debate remains complicated, but the message from corporate America is much simpler: Earnings are better than expected, and by a wide margin,” said Rubner.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
For the businesses that supply props, artwork and other services, the arithmetic is simpler: Any shoot is better than none.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Ben said that they came to this world for the simpler life, said that there was even a fight in the early days whether to destroy the fission generators.”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
They developed a method that allowed the researchers to arrange metabolic reactions from the simplest to the most complex.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The simplest approach would be to amend the statutory language to stipulate that, similar to the GAO, the Federal Reserve is “an instrumentality of the United States Government independent of the executive departments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The simplest way to get a general idea of whether you’ve saved enough for retirement is to start with one basic equation: Income minus spending equals what you need from your savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
It sits in my garage as a simple reminder that some of the simplest things can change the entire direction of your life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
On the contrary, she had demonstrated “the simplest of all ciphers.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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