cubic

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When I look back on the energy shocks of the 1970s, there are certainly similarities to now in terms of the physical disruption to barrels of oil and cubic feet of gas.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Nearly 15 million cubic meters of ice and debris collapse into South Lhonak Lake, causing a 65-foot high wave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Observable demand destruction has cut about 1 billion cubic feet per day so far, with additional volumes displaced through fuel switching, still leaving a sizable gap.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The researchers concluded it would also drain 731 million cubic meters to 1,125 million cubic meters of water per year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

As early as the sixteenth century, mathematicians were using numbers with i included—the so-called complex numbers—to solve cubic and quartic polynomials.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife