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individual

[in-duh-vij-oo-uhl] / ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl /




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"What the regime wants is to intimidate, silence and frighten society through such pressure -- by arresting individual journalists, seizing media outlets, banning news coverage and blocking access to social media," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Elon Musk this week pledged to give millions of American children their own individual shares of his SpaceX company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

This allowed them to calculate how individual electronic states connect with all the possible vibrational configurations of hundreds of surrounding atoms, rather than having to analyze those configurations individually.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

He wrote in a May 1949 letter that his wife and another unnamed individual “reported observing six objects over Catalina Island on the night of April 28, 1949,” according to the files released Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

She began stroking his hair, smoothing each individual curl.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The participants included 200 who eventually developed Crohn's disease, 200 who developed ulcerative colitis, and 100 healthy individuals of comparable age and sex.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The spokesperson added: "We believe removing ancient Egyptian human remains from display is more respectful to the deceased individuals."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The concept of inference refers to end users such as businesses, organizations and individuals putting to use previously trained models to solve actual problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian authorities say they have opened thousands of investigations into collaboration with the enemy, and frequently arrest individuals accused of working for Moscow.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The theory is, when black individuals achieve power for themselves, black people as a group benefit, as does society as a whole.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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