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sequence

[see-kwuhns] / ˈsi kwəns /


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The finale, “Vote 4 Paul Baker,” builds toward a big rom-com sequence: Anton races home with Issa to confess his feelings to Paul Baker.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Still, it’s one “Whisper Man” sequence that elevates the entire enterprise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"We've engineered a single material that does two jobs in sequence," said Dr. Bingyang Shi, Chair Professor of nanomedicine from the School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at UTS.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The exact sequence of events is still unclear, but on Wednesday morning, torrents of water and debris crashed downstream on both sides of the border.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

And even though I was only half Persian, I had inherited a full-strength tea-loving gene sequence from my mom.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

A barrage of newly concocted action sequences in the second half makes the pacing so off-balance that the film feels like a heron trying to fly with one blinged-out wing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

In 2025-26, Chelsea totalled 123 build-up attacks and 613 sequences of 10 passes or more.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

I used it a little bit to animate my drawings in one of the sequences from the show.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Restriction enzymes, however, can only recognize and cut certain DNA sequences.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Learning sequences in music: A contemporary music learning theory.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

This vaccine is different: A surgeon removes the tumor and sends it to a lab, where its mutations are sequenced and an algorithm identifies the targets for a personalized mRNA vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Unlike traditional posthumous albums that stitch together loose verses, “Prolific” was recorded and sequenced nearly two years before Hussle’s death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Prof Maggs needed to grow the seaweed big enough to be DNA sequenced.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Jefferies analyst Randal Konik described Denton’s appointment as “another deliberate step in Hill’s sequenced turnaround” in a research note Tuesday.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

There’s just so much to think about when it comes to consolidating, whole-portfolio rebalancing, withdrawal sequencing in retirement to avoid risk, Social Security timing, health-insurance coverage prior to Medicare, and long-term-care planning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

A blood sample and a sample of high-risk melanoma tissue from the patient is sent for genetic sequencing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

While the cases are spread out, scientists used a type of comprehensive genetic fingerprinting called whole-genome sequencing, which revealed the bugs involved are all closely related.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

They can also be costly because identifying weak cancer signals often requires extensive sequencing.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Fluent writers have these constructions at their fingertips to simultaneously control the content of a sentence and the sequencing of its words.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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