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configuration

[kuhn-fig-yuh-rey-shuhn] / kənˌfɪg jəˈreɪ ʃən /


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Historically, that configuration is accommodative, not restrictive, of financial conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

BMW’s Neue Klasse-based iX3, for example, has a claimed range of 383-434 miles—up to 140 miles more than Model Y, depending on configuration.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

But the payoff is substantial: With 15,000 to 20,000 seats depending on the configuration, a single night can gross up to $3 million in ticket sales.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Resonator arrangements that were previously locked into one configuration after fabrication could instead be adjusted for different purposes.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Using linkage analysis, geneticists could even trace an actual configuration of genes that evolved to make the progeny infertile.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"To some degree, our evaluation design choices and specific configurations enabled the behaviour," it said, while noting its unexpected "signs of novel, potentially deceptive behaviours".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The reason why LA28 isn’t selling individual seats right now is because venue configurations are still ongoing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The Luce is the first Ferrari with five seats—an option ruled out by the axle in its traditional powertrain configurations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Among several approaches, the road map pointed to a unique reactor concept — field-reversed configurations, “which could significantly reduce the cost of fusion power.”

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

The crab and anemone recognize each other as partners by molecular configurations, as do the anemones and their symbiotic damsel fish.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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