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[pyoor] / pjʊər /






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In this case, it corresponds to the probability that the device produces the correct result when given a pure W-state input.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

So it’s no coincidence that Evenepoel is a multiple world and Olympic champion in the individual time trial, a pure exercise of power and efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

With pressure to pass financial regulations, clubs have increasingly looked to sell academy players as they provide pure profit on the books.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

That would be the choice of David Ellison, Paramount’s boss, pure and simple, which makes it more likely that he’s wielding the relocation option for leverage in settlement talks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Beyond that, it was as if someone had dropped a curtain of pure white.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"I think young people in the village and, actually, myself, aren't as strong-spirited as in the past... People were purer," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The kind of more simple aspect, especially when I was restoring the boat, was that it felt a lot purer and simpler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

As researchers develop even purer magnetic materials, magnon lifetimes may continue to improve.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Mr. Vance fulminates: “Never have I read a purer distillation of our worship at the altar of commerce.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Perhaps not as strong as the actual mutts, but purer, because it’s not competing with sewage and explosives.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

In their purest form as market-tracking index funds, they offer broad diversification at high tax efficiency and amazingly low cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

His mute misadventures are the purest expression of animation’s freedom to do and draw anything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"This work reflects a philosophy of chemistry that's designed to accelerate drug discovery in its purest form," says Moses.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Up to fifteen feet in height, it is covered head to foot in purest white hair.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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