height
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While they were only 80 years old, the largest averaged well over a meter in diameter at chest height, and some were more than 1.5m.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
The runway slope and width create what’s known as a crowned runway illusion that distorts a pilot’s perception of height and distance during their final approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
He said there had been a "huge degree of panic" on the plane as there was a "very, very, very sharp decrease in height".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hundreds of people attended the moments of silence at their height and there are now only 30-40 people coming on a weekly basis, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Mona Lisa is the height of sfumato.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
At the very least, I would suggest that the Manchester City scandal, which has driven the already-overheated British media to new heights of hysteria, isn’t really about soccer or sports.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
If the yield climbs above that level, it would be the highest since May 2002 when yields were still in the midst of a long decline from their double-digit heights in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
I wanted to find out if the conspiracy theory’s originator had known what they were doing, if they now felt delight at the heights their creation had reached.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I don't think people expected him to reach the heights that he has so quickly," Gill said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I shook my head, clueless, then stared transfixed at the thing behind them—a wall in graded heights, of proportions I had not even imagined.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry - Middle School
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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