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the system

NOUN
bureaucracy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administration authority civil service management ministry red tape
STRONG
directorate government officialdom officials
WEAK
beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment
NOUN
establishment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authority bureaucracy
STRONG
diehards
WEAK
city hall established order old guard powers that be
Antonyms
WEAK
proletariat
NOUN
red tape
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bureaucracy
WEAK
authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official forms official procedures officialdom officialism paper shuffling powers that be proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment

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To build the system, the researchers used radio waves to inject magnons into a Helium-3 superfluid cooled to temperatures near absolute zero.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

"Expansion is gradual, with each new zone introduced only after detailed validation and once the system is proven reliable in real-world conditions," Pejkovic said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

That isn’t failure; it’s the system working as intended.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

I asked how Davide would have addressed this tactic that appeared effective against the system he was describing.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Once Brooklyn accessed the system, she pulled out a flash drive containing the virus created by the computer techs at MI6.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti