modelling
Britishnoun
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the act or an instance of making a model
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the practice or occupation of a person who models clothes
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a technique in psychotherapy in which the therapist encourages the patient to model his behaviour on his own
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The team's modelling so far suggests about one in eight of the billion nurdles remain in the Tyne estuary and high river flows could flush these microplastics downstream in the autumn.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
He ran an operation involving sham modelling agencies that exploited the dreams of aspiring young models and their parents for more than eight years.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In return, the victims got poor quality digital photographs that stood no real chance of landing them professional jobs and most did not get paid modelling work.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Our modelling suggests eurozone headline inflation could rise above 3.5% later this year if current energy prices persist,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
References to the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus are thus references to their mathematical modelling of the cosmos.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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