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Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Under normal conditions, trees and other plants usually trap some rain above the surface, slowing the water’s downward journey.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
The researchers found that exhaling through the nose caused infectious particles to be deflected downward, dispersing them more vertically and less horizontally.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
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While crime rates fluctuate between high and low periods year to year, Elgin’s rates have had a consistent downward trend over the last 36 years, Lalley said.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Under normal conditions, trees and other plants usually trap some rain above the surface, slowing the water’s downward journey.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
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Nvidia is launching the first volley of RTX 50-series GPUs based on its new Blackwell architecture, starting with the RTX 5090 and working downward from there.
—Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
The researchers found that exhaling through the nose caused infectious particles to be deflected downward, dispersing them more vertically and less horizontally.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Downward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downward. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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