modern

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Sustaining that level of success during the modern college basketball era, the four teams insist, isn’t as easy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Profits from King Cotton helped sustain the growth of Northern insurance, banking, shipping and textile firms, and flowed indirectly into the dynamic development of railroads, iron manufacture and other modern industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

This is the modern American gothic: grainy photos taken on a MacBook of a teenage girl in a camouflage jacket, holding a gun, and posted on Tumblr.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

They consulted experts in modern bees and reviewed scientific literature in detail.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The architecture was modern with ivory walls and big windows that looked out on the courtyard.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti