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system

[sis-tuhm] / ˈsɪs təm /




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California lawmakers have voted to shift a state forest system away from commercial logging and pave the way for tribal co-management, delivering a win to a movement rooted in the historic timber wars.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The findings have been rated 2.6 sigma, which is the system that marks the statistical significance of discoveries.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The new policy bans student-facing AI usage from preschool through eighth grade, covering about 600,000 students in the nation’s largest public school system.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

My assessment of the results is that the system provides only a crumb in welfare-type benefits.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Side-scan sonar is a type of sonar system that can be towed through the water from a surface vessel or a submarine, or mounted on a ship’s hull.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Varonis is a Miami-based cybersecurity company that helps businesses secure and manage data stored across cloud systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

In the future, that knowledge may help researchers identify other star systems capable of supporting habitable worlds.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Some programs are trying to offer new systems to help them save.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

There are now over 4,000 systems in 50 different countries.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

But in 2011, it may have been the warning systems that saved the most lives.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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