properties
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Stacey is one of hundreds of people who contacted the BBC after families said they were being left with hefty bills when inheriting retirement properties.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Where he was fixated on his material’s enduring properties and its resistance to manipulation, she is focused on the ethereal nature of things—even things as permanent as steel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
That means investors will have to build exposure to the dollar’s properties synthetically, through a basket of other currencies.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The work could help scientists create metallocene-based materials with adjustable or stimuli responsive properties, potentially leading to new advances in chemistry, materials science, and medicine.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
There were quieter expeditions ashore, other days, with the Master Herbal who taught the ways and properties of things that grow; and the Master Hand taught sleight and jugglery and the lesser arts of Changing.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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