observation
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Asked about Smith's ballot question on Monday, Carney recalled Brexit and offered "an observation from experience."
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
George Santayana’s famous observation about history has been absorbed into the bloodstream of popular thought: Those who don’t learn from it are doomed to repeat it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The Americans currently under observation in the Quarantine Unit may be held for up to six weeks, per World Health Organization guidelines.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
The team said Yates, Vine and Soler would be kept under observation by medical staff before travelling home in the coming days to recover.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Upon arriving home he noted that his barnyard was full of seaweed, which then prompted a characteristically indiscreet observation: He had made “a good exchange...honors and virtues for manure.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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