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[dwel] / dwɛl /


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Crucially, the negative value of the weakly measured dwell time cannot be explained by imagining that only the front of the photon’s pulse gets through, unlike the time inferred from the arrival time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

It meant some of Ngake's former team-mates and coaches from Cameroon would return to the UK themselves and for the first time in a decade she allowed her mind to dwell on weightlifting.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It was yet another early exit for a team that has never even made it to the World Cup semifinals — but no wanted to dwell on defeat, because no one felt defeated.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

“Sorry that you think you have to, to dwell on everything like this. And that...”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“The Rise of Silas Lapham,” about an honest but unworldly self-made entrepreneur among Boston nabobs, dwells in the nuances of etiquette and morals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Curiously, the book also dwells little on Monroe’s own literary ambitions.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

He never dwells on errors, he just kicks on.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Ms. Kondo dwells on the kyureki lunisolar calendar, which breaks down our four seasons into six segments, with 24 divisions, or sekki, among them—and even further still into five-day segments known as ko.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

“I refer to the Spirit of Poetry, who dwells anonymous among us. Dwelleth.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

It dwells on the conversations anybody would want dwelled on, like with President Trump and Chris Christie as each recovered from near-death Covid experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Prosecutors, he said, had dwelled on the lurid details of the affair, but that wasn’t evidence of murder.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

Vance’s most heated points about gender dwelled not on hormones but on LGBTQ+ issues.

From Slate Nov. 1, 2024

England fans dwelled on the agonising near misses in the knockout stages of major tournaments - Diego Maradona's handball in 1986, losses on penalties to Germany in 1990 and 1996.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2024

As before, I felt excited that I would finally meet the spirit that dwelled within.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

It dwelt on historical themes and called for unity among Ethiopians.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2023

Next day they went on into northern Dunland, where no men now dwelt, though it was a green and pleasant country.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Rather than modernizing the home through an extensive renovation, however, the couple chose to preserve its midcentury character while tailoring other elements of the dwelling to their lifestyle.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The decline in dwelling prices has gathered momentum in recent months as interest rates have risen, while a decision make tax arrangements less attractive for property investors has also weighed on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Three years later, he offered the four-bedroom dwelling up for rent—with an asking price of $75,000 a month.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

The Canal and River Trust says that, post-Covid, our waterways have increasingly become "places of dwelling".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Apparently Voldemort was dwelling endlessly on the unknown youth with the gleeful face, whose name and whereabouts, Harry felt sure, Voldemort knew no better than he did.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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