promising
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Promising academic science can wither if researchers can’t fund the experiments to validate it, a phase often called the valley of death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The film is written, directed and produced by Fennell, who won an Oscar for her breakthrough film Promising Young Woman in 2021.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Promising better days ahead for her long-suffering compatriots, Rodriguez has ploughed $300 million from a first US sale of Venezuelan crude into shoring up the country's ailing currency, the bolivar.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
"Promising a wife or a fiancée any long-term plans is difficult," says Denys, a 31-year-old drone operator, in a voice message sent from his position in the east of the country.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Promising, she wrote in response to the prints Mia sent.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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