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The European Union called the sanctions "deeply regrettable" and said it was "ready to take any necessary measures to enable the court to carry out its work."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Starlink in India would enable high-speed, affordable internet connectivity for those who can't afford current prices or who don't have a connection at all!" he wrote on X on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"With further optimization of cavity structures and material systems, vacuum-fluctuation coupling may enable more pronounced and widely applicable control of quantum states," said Prof. Zeng.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Humanoid robots use a variety of actuators, including some that enable metal arms to push and pull.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Quickly, then, I’d say the Prayer to My Guardian Angel, which would enable me to fall back to sleep.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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That said, he noted that the company’s premium brand enables it to command industry-leading gross margins.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Another worry was that the proposed laws could affect Australia's "reputation as a jurisdiction that enables innovation," the submission said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
There are plenty of critics who insist there is little or no proper use of AI in the university, since it enables cheating and robs students of the challenge of truly learning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The real reason the scheme works, however, is that people are overpaying him for Bitcoin, which enables him to buy more Bitcoin and sell more securities at favorable terms.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
An abacus is a physical tool for carrying out complicated calculations; it enables you to add and subtract, multiply and divide.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Chemists have long wondered how that process occurs, and the two Nobel laureates' discoveries have "enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality", the jury said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Leicester were made to pay for their profligacy when George McGuigan's pick-and-go enabled him to drive over from close range to help pull the deficit back to five points.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Savings from a more efficient supply chain enabled Mavis to undercut rivals on price, the brothers found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Inside those stars, extreme heat and pressure enabled nuclear fusion and other reactions that created heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nevertheless, a combination of tried-and-tested reporting techniques enabled me to extract enough nuggets of hard fact to string together the whole scandalous story.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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“It is only clearer now, however, that none of the Big Three has any intention of enabling Starlink as a competitor by giving it such an agreement,” Moffett wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Zuckerberg has laid out a vision in which Muse couples with an ever-expanding line-up of Meta AI smart glasses, enabling users to summon hands-free what he calls "personal superintelligence".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The collaboration between Citi and Coinbase is aimed at enabling consumers and businesses to seamlessly switch between dollars and stablecoins without leaving the traditional banking system, said Brett Tejpaul, head of Coinbase Institutional.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Its latest model has been tested at carmaker Audi as part of a project aimed at enabling robots to perform production-line tasks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The historic transformation of music in the jazz age was enabling an equally historic, admittedly embryonic, social transformation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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