chalkboard
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It’s still going to be Professor Barrett at the chalkboard explaining the difference between a substantive canon and a rule of statutory construction.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026
Dunkin’ worked with former NFL offensive lineman—and current Massachusetts Institute of Technology math professor—John Urschel to post a chalkboard math problem online to extend buzz about the ad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
I was reading a chalkboard menu, when someone spoke over my shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
The images also show what appears to be a dental chair and a room with a white chalkboard on which words including "truth", "deception" and "political" appear, among others.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Under Erastis’s steady stare, he read the last letter from the chalkboard: “Ess.”
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
But even mathematicians were astonished when OpenAI announced that one of its models resolved a puzzle known as the unit distance problem without the help of any humans scribbling a bunch of equations on chalkboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
"I gave up my job as a barista because of my son's mental health problems, and this is something that just happened… I was already doing chalkboards and portraits."
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
It allows children aged 6-14 to assemble structures with wooden slats, explore homemade “ornithopters” and try writing in reverse on mounted chalkboards.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Professors linger in empty classrooms, trying to solve complex equations on chalkboards.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
The black craters in my father’s chest often materialized on chalkboards, and I saw the sagging cavity of his mouth on the pages of my textbooks.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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