idea
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The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The idea is that when sterile flies are released into targeted areas, they wold mate with wild screwworm flies and prevent them from reproducing.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
He now denies this, telling the BBC it was "categorically" not his idea and that large parts of his book were fictionalised to make it appear that he "was at the centre of all stories".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
But our new findings, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, challenge this long-held idea about human evolution.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
I have no idea how far we walked that first day of our long march—probably only a few kilometers, but it felt like a hundred.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing idea
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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