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Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Rather than predicting outcomes based on known rules, they allow scientists to start with observed data and work backward to uncover the hidden forces driving those observations.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
The perverse reality is that the court’s use of history in Callais couldn’t be more backward.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
He had two blocks, one in which he just raised up to swat a shot by Tari Eason in the third quarter while then falling down backward in the process.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
She glanced once backward at Nighthand, who lay unconscious—stretched her arms to the horizon, and launched herself with a spring into a perfect swan dive.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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