mean
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The researchers emphasized that additional studies are needed to determine exactly what these structural findings mean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The law will mean everyone in France must verify their age to access social media and comes as the UK and EU are developing their own limits in response to concerns for children's mental health.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
This doesn’t mean it won’t have EVs, including from traditional car makers if they see a profit opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"I mean, we are 23 students and we built this within just one year. The technical industry should be able to do this way better and way faster," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Honestly, I don’t know how anyone can be mean to Rue.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Psychedelic means 'psyche-revealing,' or making the psyche visible," said senior author Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology at UCSF.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Racial discrimination has by no means been vanquished from the U.S., and no decent person wants to see race relations return to what they were 70 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
This means that even if gas only generates 1% of overall electricity at a given time it can often set the overall wholesale price which gets paid to every type of generator.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
That means “favorable pricing and strong earnings” can continue, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The track is 400 meters around, so that means six laps of running hard, with one minute of slow jogging between each one.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The Financial Times's Danny Leigh dished out three stars, saying it paints a "portrait of tech rendering the young both sadder and meaner".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The meaner the Pistons get, the more their record improves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
In turn, increased efficiency allows them to be meaner toward prospective employees.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
The party might not be over, but it feels a lot meaner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
But he was bigger than all of them—and a lot meaner.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
And more than a few of my closest, meanest friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
But the standout character is "queen bee" Regina, head of the Plastics clique and the meanest of the mean girls.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
So, whenever my phone lights up, I can trust that I’m about to read the meanest, funniest joke imaginable about, like, Marco Rubio.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
That, of course, left Ares’s cabin: a dozen of the biggest, ugliest, meanest kids on Long Island, or anywhere else on the planet.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
But events may have pivoted back Israel’s way with the collapse of a temporary ceasefire meant to open the Strait of Hormuz and initiate peace talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
For me, this meant committing to sending a regular morning email in which I reported on the status of each news article that I had in the works.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
It meant the Liverpool player missed the first nine games of the Premier League season.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
According to folks online, the final treat is meant to taste like cookie dough — but healthier.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Although I knew she meant it as a compliment, I couldn’t help but wince.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The Sun has differential rotation, meaning that different latitudes rotate at different speeds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
By volume, meaning the amount of chocolate sold rather than the money it made, overall sales sank 7.5%.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Some drillers flare or vent gas, meaning they burn it at the wellhead or simply release it into the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Inconsistency is common in micromanagers, West says, meaning they often move the goalposts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
I tap her gently on the shoulder, meaning to point out her mistakes so she can fix them.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy