Y
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Tesla's recall involves 2.9 million domestically-made units of its Model 3 and Model Y electric cars and begins on September 25.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
She went through the Y Combinator startup accelerator program in 2024 and saw firsthand the effects of pushing too hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Since Tesla unveiled its first ride-hailing operation last year, the company has relied on Model Y electric vehicles to carry out trips.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Researchers have often assumed that differences between male and female immune systems are largely driven by the X and Y sex chromosomes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Here’s a rule: Never write a sentence of the form “X not Y because Z,” such as Dave is not evil because he did what he was told.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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The Model Y’s charging rate maxes out at 250 kW.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Model Y’s pitch starts with an altogether reasonable price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
More than 75,000 BYDs were sold in Mexico last year, according to Segment Y’s tally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
"The council failed to consider carrying out an interim review when Y left school and failed again to do so when Y's alternative provision was unsuccessful," it said.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
Thanks to his long acquaintanceship with the locker room attendant, he and Maniac were privileged to continue using the Y’s shower facilities at their pleasure.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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Still, Tesla could be raising prices because it sees strong demand for higher-end Model Ys.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Nvidia became the first $4 trillion company by selling the silicon equivalent of fast, powerful and expensive Ferrari sports cars, but now the world wants Priuses and Model Ys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
One such lost city – Ys – was believed to lie in the Bay of Douarnenez, just a few kilometres to the east.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
EVs are scarce here in Milan’s inner city, with a smattering of Tesla Model 3s and Ys and shoebox-sized Smart and Citroën Ami EVs.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2023
It was a note, and it read: New CC was testing for undetected Ys, Os, Rs.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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We have the y’s on the right and the constants on the left.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
I should have typed ‘Hey’ with two y’s, not just one!’
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2016
“I should have typed ‘Hey’ with two y’s, not just one!”
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2015
I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations and x’s and y’s.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
She didn’t know that much about algebra yet, but it seemed that sometimes there were x's and y’s both in a problem, and you only needed to find the value for one of them.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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The original is as follows: “By commyxstion and mellyng furst wiþ danes and afterward wiþ Normans in menye þe contray longage ys apeyred, and som vseþ strange wlaffyng, chyteryng, harrying and garryng, grisbittyng.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2019
“He sa ys he kno ws,” Helen told Theresa.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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More upwarde be Eryri Hilles, and in them ys very little corne.
From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by H. C. Hart
I am a poure dyuel, and my name ys Tytyuyllus, and I do myne offyce that is commytted vnto me.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
The kyng ys gone to the gate, Torrent on kne he fond ther at, Schort tall̴ for to tell̴.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown