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Regular exercise Spending social time with friends or relatives Getting enough sleep every night A Word From Verywell Certain healthy habits can help maximize your energy levels to get the most out of your days.—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
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The telescope's already-sharp vision has now been boosted significantly thanks to a new instrument designed to maximize the information gleaned from the sun's light, scientists said on Thursday.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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If elected, what would your top 3 policy priorities be? (1) Infrastructure in forms of roads and increased police and fire due to the growing population.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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What Murray did in the second half was increase his aggression off the dribble.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The recent presentations also pumped up Vinay Shahani, Nissan’s U.S. sales boss.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Things are very different at Coventry and the CBS Arena is pumped up.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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But, cleaning it regularly and keeping the space well-ventilated greatly helps prevent the build up of mold.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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Atherosclerosis develops when plaque builds up in the arteries and can cause complications such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.1516 Potential Side Effects and Considerations Collagen supplements are typically well-tolerated.—
Karen Berger, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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The most successful implementations use technology to augment human capabilities, providing tools that help people work more efficiently rather than avoiding challenges altogether.—
AJ Bubb,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Brynjolfsson, in his Daedalus article, suggested changing the tax system to give businesses more incentive to invest in technology that augments labor rather than replaces it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The improved coding and long-context capabilities could accelerate software development cycles, enabling developers to tackle more complex problems, analyze legacy code more effectively, or generate code documentation and tests more efficiently.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The blaze accelerated quickly because of the Molotov cocktails, Enterline said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, because of the way the sport has blown up, most cruises these days offer pickleball, including Norwegian’s newest ships, which have an indoor, caged-in set-up for the sport.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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It’s been there for me since the beginning, before the café scene really blew up in Phuket Town.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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This time, astronomers have used new processing techniques to draw out additional details in celebration of the telescope's upcoming 35th anniversary.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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These systems use a lot of water, which is lost to the atmosphere when heat is drawn out of the building.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Bump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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