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[map] / mæp /


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Additions like a full bus system, detailed non-player characters and a much, much larger map all have gamers itching to start playing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Multi-beam sonar systems send out hundreds of sound waves in a wide fan shape to map the depth and structure of a swath of underwater landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

To bridge this massive gap, we conducted a study to map the global burden of snake envenoming and related deaths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“If they’re going to have a car that has a road map to autonomy, and it retails for less than the average new car in the United States, that’s a pretty positive formula.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I . . ." Tongue-tied, he held out the rolled-up map.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

AwareCA pulls evacuation updates and fire perimeter maps from official sources in near-real time and allows local fire and police departments to post updates directly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

These maps show the scale of the global problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Normally, she’d spend ages comparing listings, reading reviews and checking maps.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

All they have are maps that are 50 years old.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The admiral was in his tent, reviewing the maps of the forest the children had drawn for him so he might plot a course for the morning.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Mr. Tullett offers the example of bees that have been trained to coalesce around buried explosives in ways that can be mapped from a safe distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

After WALHI's report, she and her student Ashmit Bansal mapped concession holders, owners, creditors, investors and supply-chain partners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Outlaw Ocean Project mapped roughly the entire global fishmeal industry, including more than 1,400 fishmeal factories across 64 countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Gym rats can check their body composition of fat and muscle, people with heart issues can get their heartbeat captured, and mole owners can get their moles mapped to 0.1 mm.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

“All right, let’s go. I mapped out the address: 1155 Leavenworth, right?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The proliferation of satellites is an “existential threat” to the observatory’s work, said J. Anthony Tyson, its chief scientist, who is best known for mapping dark matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Once the mapping data is collected, it can be processed in real time aboard the ship, transmitted to a lab on land via satellite or analyzed after the ship returns to port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But mapping relationships "allows the public to ask informed questions and assess how those parties respond".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

LA28 Cultural Olympiad Executive Director Nora Halpern and Jones provided updates on plans first outlined in May, including an official Cultural Olympiad mark recognizing participating programs and a digital calendar and mapping platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

It required mapping strategy and listening to your neighbors and building trust in communities where trust was often lacking.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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