observe
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Manipulating gene expression allowed the researchers to test cause and effect rather than simply observe that a genetic variant happened to occur in AnWj negative people.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"They had conscience and couldn't observe idly while what they fought for what had been hijacked by Isaias and his coterie," says Ibrahim.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Parents, he said, have the legal right to observe classes and meet with teachers, and the expectation is that teachers will communicate freely and often with parents about a child’s needs and progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nearby, locals gathered to observe the team's efforts, offering drinking water to first responders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Did you observe, gentlemen,” said Mr. Waldengarver, “that there was a man in the gallery who endeavoured to cast derision on the service,—I mean, the representation?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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Earlier in the night, Field won best actress in a limited series or movie for Remarkably Smart Creatures, a Netflix film about an octopus who observes the staff in his aquarium.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former basketball star whose father was a jazz trombonist, observes that “Coltrane’s music is the soundtrack to the Black experience in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
More often, it simply observes the family tensions that go unsaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The upshot of this would be EPS-negative, lowering earnings per share expectations, Hartnett observes, but, overall, the political changes would challenge the K-shaped wealth boom and the surge of AI capital expenditure.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“You’re like a mad scientist,” my mother observes.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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From there, he rose through the ranks of the company, taking charge of an office where his portraits and keenly observed caricatures of colleagues were prominently displayed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Neutral rates cannot be directly observed, and instead must be inferred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I observed to him that his language resembled the ways the American Bitcoiners talked, and asked if he felt they were right to fear a fate similar to Zimbabwe’s.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
During his time out of the octagon, he observed how the division changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“He has so much martial dignity in his deportment,” observed Benjamin Rush, “that there is not a king in Europe but would look like a valet de chambre by his side.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Last week, he posted a picture of Harp straining under an oversized pack, while observing that its size did nothing to quell “diaper bag allegations.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Knutti agreed that this was a good example of how satellite data could potentially be used for "systematic observing systems for disaster prevention that could save hundreds or thousands of lives".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Until now, directly observing this proposed mechanism had proved difficult.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
When it comes to China, “everyone’s feelings have crossed a threshold,” said Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, observing that even Russia didn’t oppose the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"They call me Brevis, ma'am," said Brevis, observing something strange behind the woman.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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