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Recent Examples of levitation
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science is taking a major step in ultra-high-temperature ceramics research by establishing a pioneering electromagnetic levitation (EML) system.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
Urged by the Wizard and Madame Morrible to grant the Wizard's monkey captain of the guard, Chistery, the power of levitation, Elphaba reads a spell that causes Chistery—along with the rest of the palace's monkeys—to undergo a painful wing-sprouting transformation against their will.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
The capsule operated autonomously with onboard power for propulsion and levitation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
Urged by the Wizard and Madame Morrible to grant the Wizard's monkey captain of the guard, Chistery, the power of levitation, Elphaba reads a spell that causes Chistery—along with the rest of the palace's monkeys—to undergo a painful wing-sprouting transformation against their will.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
The capsule operated autonomously with onboard power for propulsion and levitation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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The upper stage reached space on a suborbital trajectory but began tumbling about 30 minutes after liftoff.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 June 2025
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One year later after liftoff, PEOPLE is looking back at the Boeing Starliner saga.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Passengers should also take the time to review and familiarize themselves with the passenger safety cards before takeoff.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Air India flight crashes in residential area minutes after takeoff 3.—
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FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
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Many of them were engineering marvels, with state-of-the-art mills, engines and hoists.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Melena flags a hand limply at her older daughter as Nanny hoists Nessa onto the edge of the cot, where the girl lies, inert and cringing, in the lee of the tumulus that Melena has become.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The water surface was 14.98 feet below the conservation pool elevation.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The agency also noted that mountaineers must also deal with altitude sickness due to the high elevation levels of the mountain.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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The top three contributors to hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
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OpenAI: $40 Billion (USA) OpenAI secured the largest venture round in history, a $40 billion raise that sets a new benchmark for late-stage capital deployment.—
Elena Volotovskaya,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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That topped the nation’s 5% raises, and was topped by only four other states.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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The Super Heavy-Starship on its Gulf Coast launch pad Thursday being fueled for blastoff.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:48 p.m. EDT.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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This new thrust demonstrates how Patel has implemented meaningful change as he has been given more authority.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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At every thrust the tip of the blade entered an inch or two into the ground and threw up small puffs of dust.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
10 June 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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