observation
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In Sonny’s notebook, every observation is a moral choice, a mini-essay about what proper conduct is, what failure is, how you might get past it, and what our responsibilities to others might be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Her first observation: “The bonnets look too fancy for the Ingalls family.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Until now, every confirmed video or observation of a live goblin shark came only after the animal had been accidentally caught on a fishing line and brought to the surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Jim Downey has a wonderful observation about this.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
They’re in the observation room at the top of an old tower, which the pamphlet says was built in 1934.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
But as telescopes and observations have become more precise, researchers have uncovered several puzzling features that the standard model struggles to explain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Martin runs a group where citizen scientists can report observations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But it turned out to be one of the more prescient observations anyone made about this era of Chinese economic policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In dwarf galaxies, the process creates dark matter cores with relatively low central densities, matching recent observations of galaxy clustering.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Encouraged by the response to her caterpillar book, Maria immediately began to gather observations for a second volume.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Vocabulary lists containing observation
The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 5
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