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In his paperwork, he described a system for transmitting telegraphic signals to and from moving trains by means of electromagnetic induction—messages sent through the air, without physical contact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
“We define slop as ‘digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence,’” they wrote.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
It would provide training and instruction to the Congolese troops on the ground by means of a contingent of 300 instructors, many of them Romanians.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
They had already covered their lightweight chaulnots with their heavy woolen ones against the coming evening chill—proof that not one joule of energy had been converted to heat by means of respectable labor.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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