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To study the process, researchers built so-called "nanocolonies," small experimental systems designed to reproduce key functions inside a hive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
While some books are scanned for various purposes without losing their spines, so-called destructive scanning is considered more efficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
So far, the US only has one rare earths mine, in Mountain Pass, California, which primarily yields so-called "light" elements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The so-called Big Freeze of winter 2009/2010 was, at the time, the coldest in three decades - and this coincided with an El Niño.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bep has offered to get us some fruit, at so-called bargain prices: grapes 2.50 guilders a pound, gooseberries 70 cents a pound, one peach 50 cents, melons 75 cents a pound.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing so-called
Booked
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The Losers Club
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We Are Displaced
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