tertiary
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He allegedly tried to mislead authorities by saying his real name was Dr Sanele Zingelwa - a second-year medical intern at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023
This is called the KT boundary, because it marks the dividing line between the Cretaceous period and the Tertiary period.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2019
Tertiary consumers are carnivores that eat other carnivores.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
Also, "Tertiary care centers tend to be much better in taking care of the out-of-the ordinary, unusual cancers," he says.
From US News • Jul. 21, 2015
The sub-Himalaya are formed of Tertiary beds, chiefly Siwalik or upper Tertiary, while the lower Himalaya proper consist mainly of pre-Tertiary rocks 472 without fossils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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