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configuration

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


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“We don’t have a firm configuration right now,” he said during an interview Sunday ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow outside London.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

It costs £3m each time the London Stadium moves seats from a football set-up to an athletics configuration, but neither UKA nor Diamond League ticket-holders pay for it - the stadium does.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Minimum building requirements have changed in the U.S. since the 1970s to ban construction of non-ductile concrete buildings and to require a better configuration of steel reinforcement to resist shaking.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

The same hasn’t happened yet for quad-level cell NAND, however, he said, “reflecting ongoing uncertainty around the ultimate configuration of KV cache offloading.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 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

But Apple’s devices already occupy a relatively premium tier, with its various iPhone configurations alone now averaging a price tag over $1,100.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 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

When cooled to near absolute zero, the material can settle into any one of these configurations, producing a range of observed states that resemble the continuum seen in quantum spin liquids.

From Science Daily Apr. 22, 2026

"Otherwise, Microsoft and other technology companies must act immediately to alter existing product and contract configurations used by Department of War."

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

At Skathis’s will, however, it had rippled, shifted, reshaping itself into new configurations with the fluidity of mercury.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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