locus classicus

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Noun
  • To counter it effectively, defensive mechanisms must operate within the same paradigm.
    Wyles Daniel May 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • To change this paradigm, Decagon built a platform that can authenticate users, look up orders, process returns, and update systems, all during a single call.
    Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • This was one of the early instances in which Djena was kicked out of the house.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • In many instances, however, those decisions are made without a true procurement mindset and expertise.
    David Pennino, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Take for example, Arnel Pante, a Lana'i native and longtime server at One Forty, who without batting an eye honored my off-the-menu breakfast request for a small, side order of oatmeal with blueberries, kiwi, and almonds, to accompany an egg white frittata.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
  • Norman Corwin’s On a Note of Triumph is one example of a work that rewards closer critical scrutiny.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • That makes the Omni ideal for a cross section of customers who are both audiophiles and gamers.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
  • Instead, the Defense Ministry is seeking to make the military more attractive to a broad cross section of society.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The other 13 specimens are from just five white sand scrub habitats scattered across peninsular Florida.
    Ryan St Laurent, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • Confirmation required shipping samples more than 600 miles to the national reference laboratory in Kinshasa, where 8 of 13 specimens came back positive for Bundibugyo on May 15.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Associated Press Key Facts The outbreak has sickened 246 people and killed 65 so far, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and preliminary lab results have reportedly detected Ebola in 13 of 20 samples tested.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • In the same study, the researchers examined blood samples from healthy human trial participants before and after immunization with BCG.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Renaissance humanists certainly emphasized a corpus of Greek and Roman classics for the self-fashioned man, the predictable coterie that includes Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Game 7 went down as an NHL classic, with Matteau scoring his famous double-overtime winner to send New York to its first Cup Final since 1979.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • What will be interesting to see is if this prototype display technology makes its way to the iPhone Fold later this year, but not the Galaxy Z Fold 8, which would be a major win for the Apple device and mitigate some of Samsung's early software advantage.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The prototype system achieves motion-robust 3D tracking of mixed-reflectivity scenes at incredibly high frame rates.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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