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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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"From the ticket counter line to the x-ray room, there was a measles patient everywhere," he says.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Duffy said ICE agents are trained law enforcement, and “know how to pat people down” and operate x-ray machines.

From Barron's Mar. 22, 2026

A technical take is more like an x-ray that might pinpoint unhealthy symptoms a bit sooner.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

ARG began the process of identifying which tiles needed the most remediation by doing a photorealistic laser scan of the building that MacLean described as a sort of high-tech x-ray.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

It was as though I had put on a pair of spectacles whose power was that of an x-ray enabling me to see deeper into the lives of men.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

At the facility, a synchrotron particle accelerator generated an intense X ray beam capable of scanning many specimens quickly.

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

As the flare intensified, X ray output surged dramatically, accelerating particles to speeds of 40 to 50 percent of the speed of light, or roughly 431 to 540 million km/h.

From Science Daily Jan. 21, 2026

And there can be a bleakness to the light; it’s like an X ray, penetrating everything.

From The New Yorker Sep. 15, 2014

It is only the X ray that can tell us the internal arrangement of the crystal.

From Scientific American Jun. 28, 2012

Just before Thanksgiving, Doc Lassiter ordered Dad to get an X ray.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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