encountered

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Yoffe first encountered this framework during doctoral studies in statistics and data science, where diversity metrics were used to uncover patterns in complicated datasets, including research involving ancient human cultures.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Sending the letter on its way, viewers watched as it encountered a series of obstacles along the way, staring with a fallen tree in the road.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Many of them encountered the condition only in medical school textbooks.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Any gases the probe encountered were vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

It would be a few months before Farmer encountered Jon Carroll, the army captain, in the central plateau, and I got my first glimpse of the American doctor and his thoughts.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French