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But the challenge in this museum is to get the right “American” roughness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"There is no wear, no surface roughness and no direct contact. Dissipation is generated solely by collective magnetic rearrangements."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Most EV charging stocks didn’t perform very well this year, partially due to roughness in the EV market.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, which is widely expected to ease policy again on Wednesday, could also help cushion labor-market roughness if they work as intended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The sensation inside is so familiar, so comforting and recognizable and real that Bailey can feel the roughness of the bark, the smell of the acorns, even the chattering of the squirrels.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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