axes
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From those measurements, they determined that the magnetic and rotational axes of 1E 1547 are almost aligned.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
It ends a valuable deferred compensation program, axes health benefits and changes commissions on several types of policy, according to agents and company documents reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Sonomura’s style is volumetric; he dares himself to discover unexpected axes of movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Descartes realized that he could not start his two reference lines, or axes, with the number 1.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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