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observe

[uhb-zurv] / əbˈzɜrv /






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Being able to observe this effect allows scientists to measure a material's optical, electronic, and transport properties more accurately.

From Science Daily

Several media law experts said the case may test how courts define the line between observing a protest and participating in one.

From Salon

These layers are so thick that no spacecraft has been able to directly observe what lies below them.

From Science Daily

These cyclical returns of the tie to women's wardrobes often coincide "with periods of fragility when rights are being called into question", the historian observed.

From Barron's

Several years ago, on a cross-Atlantic literary festival where Shriver was an invited author, I observed a packed audience whoop and cheer Shriver’s mordant observations about everything wrong with the world.

From The Wall Street Journal