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Chu

American  
[choo] / tʃu /

noun

  1. a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert. 700 miles (1,126 km) long.


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"Transmitting electricity in the grid loses about 8% of the electricity," said Chu, professor of physics, TcSUH founding director and the paper's senior author.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

China's campaign of keeping tabs on dissidents around the world is motivated by the belief that criticism threatens the country's stability, said Claire Chu, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Chu said that the distinction between the Kalshi and Polymarket Khamenei markets came down to Kalshi’s position as a CFTC-regulated exchange, which prohibits it from providing betting markets tied to assassinations.

From MarketWatch Mar. 2, 2026

“When the Eaton fire tore through my district, so many families were forced into an impossible choice,” Chu said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Later we heard that Strunk died somewhere over Chu Lai, which seemed to relieve Dave Jensen of an enormous weight.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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