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classical

[klas-i-kuhl] / ˈklæs ɪ kəl /




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But despite the classical trappings, this was the loudest concert I've ever experienced at the O2 - not least on a thumping techno remix of Berghain, which the star premiered at this year's Brit Awards.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“We’re using these machines and these capabilities to look in these areas where we know classical methods will struggle.”

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The love he once had for baseball he now felt for a strange and mysterious place that was as old as history itself yet as secretive as the classical ciphers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"In standard quantum mechanics, time is treated as an external, classical parameter that is not affected by the quantum system being studied," explains Curceanu.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Faced with achievements that seemed to have no classical parallel, Alberti nevertheless felt obliged to express himself with great caution: ‘surely’, ‘if I am not mistaken’, ‘probably’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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