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Recent Examples of nonliquidBeneficient helps the ultrawealthy turn nonliquid assets into cash and recently went public in September.—Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022 Biden proposes closing a tax loophole for wealthy Americans who are not required to pay taxes on art work and other nonliquid assets unless they are put up for sale.—Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
Instead of focusing on common gases like water vapor or carbon monoxide, the scientists searched for sulfur-bearing molecules — elements that typically begin as solid grains in a young protoplanetary disk and thus suggest the planet formed through core accretion, according to the statement.
Texture Many Asian cuisines celebrate the gelatinous texture of konjac noodles, but most Westerners are not used to this texture.
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BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
The gelatinous blob uses a hood surrounding its head to catch prey and has detachable tentacles; its hood and tail are decorated with glowing blue-green dots.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
25 Dec. 2025
Study co-author and project scientist John Dykema suggests that the large coagulated smoke particles could affect atmospheric circulation through local heating, potentially shifting jet streams.
Mathews vividly remembers riding in one of her father’s water trucks through thick smoke as black as the night to help family members and other ranchers save their homes.
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Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Now, a team of researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences has shown that even a bare carbon fiber, no thicker than a human hair, can bend and straighten on command, without any direct wiring.