combination
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“The combination broadens the resource base, reduces reliance on the higher-decline Norwegian portfolio and creates a 2nd infrastructure-led development engine in Denmark.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The interiors include an open-concept living area with a fireplace, along with a combination of carpet and wood-toned flooring.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The result is a combination of private and public access: Six public-access trails cross Sea Ranch to on their way to the shoreline, while Sea Ranch residents retain access to several private beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s sometimes a combination of trying all of these different roundabout mechanisms to try to confirm that these folks were, in fact, still in detention and where I left them, more or less.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Jefferson’s posture throughout the drawn-out counting of the electoral votes remained a combination of studied indifference and calculated obliviousness.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Walton appeared on Steve Harvey's television show aged 11 to showcase his boxing ability, throwing combinations on the pads before also demonstrating his gymnastics skills with a backflip.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"It can look about a second, or so, ahead into the future for 20,000 different kind of combinations of things that might happen," Storey explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
When singer-songwriter Beck Hansen broke through in 1994, he was seen as an artist who shuffled sounds of the past to find novel combinations he could call his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
California has officially run out of combinations for its current license plate sequence, ending a string of plates dating back to the 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rhythm occurs in a melody, in the accompaniment, and uses combinations of short and long durations to create patterns and entire compositions.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing combination
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