nonlocal
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But given this is a Dan Brown novel, there is powerful opposition to this idea, and a strong desire to weaponize nonlocal consciousness, especially within the corridors of a certain intelligence agency in Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
"Our work presents a paradigm shift: the topology that has traditionally been thought to exist in a single and local configuration is now nonlocal or shared between spatially separated entities," says Ornelas.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
The lineup looks great, it’s a nice mixture of local and nonlocal.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
The new seminaries are reported to provide free tuition and living costs for nonlocal students.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
Quantum mechanics’ problem of nonlocal realism would languish in a complacent stupor for another three decades until being decisively shattered by Bell.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2022
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