inspiration
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This produced a flow of orbital angular momentum, which the team named the orbital Seebeck effect, drawing inspiration from the spin Seebeck effect that influences electron spin.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
Alex Wood, former fraudster and part of the BBC Scam Secrets team, heard a successful example of collaboration on a very small scale that could give inspiration for future operations.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Local architects Cynthia Sigler and Alex Athenson took inspiration from early 20th century Sears catalogs that sold homes as kits when they founded the nonprofit last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Instead, Lincoln said, they would look to the past as inspiration to take them to greater heights in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
For inspiration, she doodled in the margin of the page.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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