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observation

[ob-zur-vey-shuhn] / ˌɒb zɜrˈveɪ ʃən /




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With several observation areas spanning the nearly 200-foot tall shuttle stack, Rudolph said the new installation will offer visitors “views that almost no one’s ever seen.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

“The annoying thing is this is more of a short-term thing and it’s not really a function of positioning metrics…it’s more an observation when speaking to other traders,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

"We couldn't understand this, which is why we looked as many different ways as we could to see if this was a really robust observation," Gloyn said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

That observation comes from Libby Cantrill, Pimco’s keen Washington watcher, who outlined in a recent client note the government’s latest funding requests.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

These can be studied directly, by anthropological observation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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