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Light water is the technical name for AFFF, with Ian saying workers were not told anything about chemicals it may contain.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

The technical name for this practice is modular construction, which has at times seemed as if it is the undisputed technology of the future.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

This verification process is widely known as crypto mining and has the technical name “proof of work.”

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Bernoulli’s theorem attempts to explain lift as a consequence of the curved upper surface of an airfoil, the technical name for an airplane wing.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2020

The "Perfect" was a technical name, applied to those whose initiation or start had been consummated or perfected.

From The Gnôsis of the Light by Lamplugh, F.




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