periodic table
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Every character has an adorable quirk or two, or at minimum owns a dorky T-shirt with a periodic table joke or a cartoon cat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
It has long held a spot on the periodic table of elements, but has remained under the radar despite its use in military systems, self-driving vehicles and fast chargers for laptops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
These include scandium, yttrium and the lanthanides, which account for 15 chemical elements in the periodic table.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
The phrase "rare earths" - referring to 17 elements on the periodic table which are lightweight, super strong and resistant to heat, making them useful in small electric motors - is something of a misnomer.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025
Because the properties repeated themselves periodically, the invention became known as the periodic table.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
