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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
When results do not follow, the temptation is always the same; change and react to external pressure.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
One ticket showed, external the match would have taken place at Wembley Stadium during a midweek, with a kick-off time of 19:30 BST, but United went on to win the title by four points.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“Any entity capable of causing the universe,” says narrator Stephen Meyer, a philosopher of science, “must be external to, or separate from, the universe itself. It must . . . transcend time and space.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
According to that argument, we can tell that the universe has a creator because only an external agent could have designed and constructed it so that its different parts serve their specific functions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing external
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