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meteoric

[mee-tee-awr-ik, -or-] / ˌmi tiˈɔr ɪk, -ˈɒr- /


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Australian miners Viridis and Meteoric are advancing neighboring deposits in Poços de Caldas, while Canada’s Aclara is developing a project in Goiás state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Perhaps no bumper sticker accomplishes what Evans describes better than, “Keep Honking! I’m Listening to Alice Coltrane’s 1971 Meteoric Sensation ‘Universal Consciousness.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

Perhaps no bumper sticker accomplishes what Evans describes better than “Keep Honking! I’m Listening to Alice Coltrane’s 1971 Meteoric Sensation ‘Universal Consciousness.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

Meteoric rise and then failures Ji of the China General Certification Center said defective solar panels are a cause of the poor performance in the inspected solar projects, but hardly the only one.

From Scientific American • Aug. 12, 2014

Meteoric iron is a rich alloy containing about ten per cent of nickel, also cobalt, tin, and copper in much smaller amount.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck




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