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Under standard laboratory conditions, the kimchi strain achieved an adsorption efficiency of 87%, nearly matching a reference strain called Latilactobacillus sakei CBA3608, which recorded 85%.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Adrian E. Alvarez, who runs the group’s website, created a song titled “Spencer, Saca La Bassura,” a reference to Pratt’s epithet for the mayor from the Spanish word for trash.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
It is now almost commonplace for fashion lines to reference or include Christian symbols, themes and figures.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Although the president has made reference to this, we are still reviewing the path forward.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Another is that his reference to an experimentum crucis is an implicit nod to Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment: Pascal’s experiment had been preceded by earlier experiments and earlier theorizing, but in a way that was irrelevant.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing reference
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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