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ceiling

[see-ling] / ˈsi lɪŋ /


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Also percussive yet much quieter is Anri Sala’s snare drum, dangling upside down from the ceiling at Esther Schipper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Parkins received some harsh feedback about a dusty ceiling fan in one listing photo.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

But that also puts a ceiling on memory, so the chip can only support smaller AI models, like OpenAI’s Codex-Spark, which runs at blisteringly fast speeds on Cerebras hardware.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

But that familiar protection system has a built in ceiling.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The dorm was pitch-black except for a red flashing light in the corner of the ceiling that I’d never seen before.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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