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Example Sentences
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The research looks at how blinking relates to cognitive processes, including how the brain filters out background noise so we can focus on speech in busy environments.
From Science Daily
SNSPDs rely on a superconducting wire that can detect individual particles of light, allowing the system to capture extremely weak optical signals at high speed while keeping background noise very low.
From Science Daily
Mr Khaira speaks about working in business all of his life and how much he enjoys meeting "different people every day, from different backgrounds".
From BBC
Though they are not crimes, NCHIs stay on police records and can come up in background checks.
From BBC
In the background is a broader worldview that at least some of Western civilization is in decline.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
