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circuit

[sur-kit] / ˈsɜr kɪt /


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The events provide the unique opportunity on the fair circuit to explore cutting-edge contemporary art alongside deeply researched presentations of historic work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The occasion for all this abuse is “Musk,” Gibney’s damning, nearly four-hour documentary about the trillionaire, which hits theaters in Los Angeles and New York Friday after causing a stir on the festival circuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"But just with how the temperatures and the circuit fell out today, with the tyres there was no management, and that was exceptionally fun."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

At one research lab, an officer spread out circuit boards and antennas on a table, noting that the latest models were from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some of my teammates did the local competition circuit, but I wasn’t sure I was ready so soon after switching to saber.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The circuits transmit signals via four antennas on the box for several hundred yards, on frequencies the unit believes Russia is currently using.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Its latest lineup of smartphones, the Mate 90 Series, released Thursday, uses technology to layer circuits within a single chip, aiming to boost computing power despite lacking access to cutting-edge machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A year ago, locals in the Plaka neighbourhood had warned the city and utility companies about the risk of gas leaks or short circuits, according to a letter by the residents' association published by Kathimerini.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Teams led by Google and QuEra Computing recreated related string breaking models using superconducting circuits and neutral atoms, respectively.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“The balcony was originally meant for people to watch squash players,” said Woods, “but now it was filled with control equipment and read-out circuits glowing and winking.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

It is a sleek pod — half spaceship, half motherboard, with glass floors and a ceiling circuited with green neon tubes — on the eighth floor of a building in the bustling Shibuya district.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023

She shows no bitterness about the turn of events that short circuited her diplomatic trajectory.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2014

Their invention, Roominate, offers girls the experience of building a working circuited dollhouse in pastel colors.

From Time ● Nov. 27, 2013

Wouldn’t that have short- circuited, say, the return of Steve Jobs to Apple?

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 30, 2011

A plate extends from the top of E2 to the front plate of the casing, to prevent the furnace draught being "short circuited."

From Things To Make by Archibald Williams

Warnings had not been heeded that damp ash conducts electricity, short circuiting power lines and substations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Her thoughts spiraled: “Is he short circuiting? I thought…Is this a stroke?…Has he been drugged?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

The explosion in Karachi was the result of short circuiting inside a room where the electric system is controlled, according to Nasir Aftab, who is deputy-inspector general for the city’s police.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

Barbare spent much of her time circuiting the provinces, trying to help her feckless husband and then her hapless son salvage catastrophic careers.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019

The circuiting is shown diagramatically, as it is called, so as fully to explain how the lines are run.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe




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