combination
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For fans who made the trip, the combination of America’s favorite sport with France’s tradition of public protest has created an odd dissonance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
A combination of unusually little snowfall and prolonged summer heat contributed to the extensive melting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The growth rate of any economy — and worker pay, too — is determined in the long run by the combination of population growth and productivity growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The trial also found that the new drug combination reduced the risk of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, spreading by 38% over two years compared to immunotherapy alone.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
My lips twisted out of shape, into some kind of surprised-terror combination.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Maresca was forced to try different combinations at the back against Villa, but as the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson once said, "attack wins you games, defence wins you titles".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The combinations produced more than 100 instances in which a sweetener's effect on bacterial growth changed in the presence of another substance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Hopefully we come out on top. The combinations are really starting to come together now, so we're just excited and we're all ready to go."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Only one of the four possible combinations of answers centers on birth year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He initially devised 200 syllabic signs and gradually reduced them to 85, most of them for combinations of one consonant and one vowel.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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