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synthetic

[sin-thet-ik] / sɪnˈθɛt ɪk /


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The analyst also points to rising competitive pressure, with one rival now selling sonar systems independently and customers questioning the “cost of synthetic aperture sonar relative to the rapidly falling costs of autonomous vessels.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

To test the system, researchers used synthetic brines designed to mimic conditions at California's Salton Sea, a geothermal region believed to contain enough lithium to supply more than 375 million EV batteries.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Mixes that blend conventional and synthetic oil should change every 6,000 miles.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Within months, it entered the mainstream lexicon as a way to describe any AI-generated synthetic media that realistically clones a person’s image or voice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Mustapha Mond’s oratory was almost up to synthetic standards.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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