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Now, “the arrow of causality has flipped” on the view that “AI is killing the jobs first, and that’s what’s making the economy sick.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Spin can be pictured as a small arrow showing the direction of an atom's magnetic field.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026
The arrival of the arrow, small as it was, was a notable advance in Western civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Now, though, the arrow twitched; it appeared to stutter, juddering back and forth—and then began to spin, slowly and then faster, until it was vibrating in her hand.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.