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The solution emerged in the late 1880s through the bitter "War of the Currents," when George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla championed alternating current.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

L.A.-based independent journalist and human rights researcher Emily Wilder is on board to document the flotilla effort for news outlet Jewish Currents.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Aymann Ismail called up Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart to ask him how he’s making sense of all this, as an outspoken critic of Israel.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2023

Currents and sediment input in the flume tank were simulated using pumps and monitored with a current meter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 6, 2023

Currents of air to be carefully avoided, especially when the trees are in bloom, as they have been sometimes observed to sustain injury from the two end doors being left open for a short time.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William