external
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When results do not follow, the temptation is always the same; change and react to external pressure.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Instead of relying on a bulk gas, this approach focuses on how atoms in a chain respond collectively to an external field.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
It was just a couple of years ago that major corporations were looking to virtual reality as the future of business, whether for internal meetings or external customer experiences.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Mercedes currently has a roster of as many as nine junior drivers, external and some of them have made it this far thanks to new affordable karting initiatives.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Aristotle was thus interpreted by philosophers as grounding knowledge in sensation, and sensation was reinterpreted as knowledge of a reality external to the perceiver.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing external
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