the system

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While changes to the system are possible, they would most likely affect younger generations who are still decades away from retirement, rather than current retirees or those nearing retirement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Highest demand is expected to be at half-time and full-time, and Neso said its control room was ready to use technologies such as battery farms and pumped hydro storage schemes to keep the system balanced.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

By changing which atoms receive particular energy shifts, scientists can tune the system to produce a variety of entangled states without altering the physical hardware.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Though the new rules will likely create more friction for financial institutions in the region, they aren’t aimed at causing significant disruption to the system, Kett says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At first astonished, then embittered, and finally indifferent, we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush, not intelligence but the system, not freedom but drill.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque