marker
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Risk tolerance is the subjective marker in this trio.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
A study of 129 workers in an orange juice factory in Brazil reported lower blood concentrations of apolipoprotein B, or apo-B, a marker that reflects the number of cholesterol-carrying particles linked to heart attack risk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
One of those displaced by the advance was Jamal Abu Miri, a 68-year-old retired land surveyor who understood firsthand that the Yellow Line was more than just an arbitrary marker on a map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
This was a marker from England for the rest of this event and the Olympics in two years' time, when Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can add reinforcements too.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
And with that she pushed a cart full of cartons toward him and handed him a marker.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Although GPS satellites are U.S.-owned military hardware, the reference frame relies on an international patchwork of aging radio-telescopes staring at quasars, laser-ranging stations and physical ground markers anchored to shifting tectonic plates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
By watching how the reference markers lined up during assembly, they could carefully set the rotation angle between the two layers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The number of achievement markers have grown in recent years, according to Credential Engine, a nonprofit studying the wide world of work-related qualifications.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
In a response to AFP on X, Google said images created with the feature include SynthID digital watermarks, invisible markers embedded in media generated using the company's artificial intelligence tools.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
I lead Nora back to my room, where our sisters are splayed out on the floor, surrounded by markers, stickers, and paper.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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