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[dih-zahyn] / dɪˈzaɪn /








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This approach aims to use biological measurements, genetics, metabolism, and other personal characteristics to design dietary recommendations that are more individualized than standard nutrition advice.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Other countries have studied Brazil’s system as they design their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The old wing is said to cost about 0.2secs of lap time around Spa-Francorchamps compared to the newer design, which may return for the next race in Hungary next weekend.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

But her concern is that the city’s design doesn’t account for how the block actually functions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

British authorities had just arrested Klaus Fuchs, a physicist who had helped the Americans design the first atomic bomb.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Their designs may look playful, but researchers have now used these backyard devices to investigate a serious and decades-old question in physics.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

One AI company, Era, designs its investing tools to watch out for overtrading and heavy tax bills.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The EU could limit access to social media based on a platform's risks, targeting apps with "harmful designs".

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Smaller, aeroderivative turbines that are adapted from jet-engine designs can take 15 to 36 months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The dining room is nice and bright and has wallpaper with fruit designs.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

The system is designed to reduce contamination by pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

His films are designed to be all-consuming experiences, opening in media res, grabbing the viewer by the ankle and dragging them into action already in progress.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The type of slow, steady grooming Anya describes is designed to avoid triggering the target's sense of danger, "like stealth bombers are designed just to go under the radar", says the psychologist Quinn-Cirillo.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Tennessee also offers a number of tax credits and grants for businesses, including many designed to support newly relocated businesses, cover costs of training new employees, and construction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

But the seat belt of his specially designed car seat cut into his legs when he bounced them up and down.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"Or when it comes to designing a place like this, the doors should be designed with more width in mind. Make them wider, make it easier for customers to escape," he says.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

He said he stayed up until 2 a.m. some nights designing paper-towel dispensers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The team accomplished this by designing a control Hamiltonian, a carefully planned sequence of fields and pulses that reproduces the effects of quantum measurements.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

His Los Angeles firm, Studio One Eleven, is overseeing the master plan and designing buildings, but it has also brought in another architect to make the complex’s look more diverse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

He felt a strong need to participate in the designing and arranging of things.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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