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[see-kwuhns] / ˈsi kwəns /


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The Hades sequence gets much of its emotional weight from Page, as Sinon confronts Odysseus with the lie that sent him to his death.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Fewer fires, it said, "interrupts a sequence of years of fire expansion and returns the country to a historically lower level of burned area."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

However, Anton Lienert-Brown's late score wrapped up an emphatic win for the three-time world champions, who stretched their undefeated Eden Park sequence to 53 Tests.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

This process enabled the team to identify and sequence hundreds of previously unknown molecules.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

He hurried over to the keyboard and typed in the same sequence of letters he’d watched Jen type so many times.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

He said GenAI workflows have now been used on roughly 300 Netflix titles, mostly in post-production, adding: "We're leveraging GenAI for really complicated shots and sequences."

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The superintendent himself served as the master of ceremonies, with performers weaving around him, cameos by celebrities, and slide projections and film sequences appearing on cue to supplement his applause and laugh lines.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

One of the more remarkable sequences captured by Ms. Du Feng is a showdown between Hao and his wife, who is also a dating coach.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Until now, though, enzymatic methods have lagged far behind conventional manufacturing in the number of DNA sequences they can produce simultaneously.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Examples, explanations, violated expectations, elaborations, sequences, causes, and effects are arcs of coherence that pinpoint how one statement follows from another.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The team sequenced the genomes of four parent-offspring trios and counted the new mutations that appeared.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

It's sequenced with another cross-generational saga, The Test, where Madonna and her eldest daughter, Lourdes Leon, thrash out their differences over a spacious, trancey instrumental.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Human-to-human transmission of the Andes strain requires very close contact, like sharing food or living quarters, according Steven Bradfute, an immunologist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center whose lab has sequenced hantaviruses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

He said he expected refined products to be “secondary” and be sequenced in over the next eight to 18 months.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

According to Annabeth, who’d seen the show before, the blasts would be sequenced so tighdy they’d look like frames of animation across the sky.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

The diagnostics division of the Swiss pharma group is launching Axelios 1, a new sequencing product that has a cost and speed advantage over Illumina’s rival product NovaSeq X Plus, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

To determine whether the findings might apply beyond mice, the team analyzed human tissue samples from people of different ages using the same single-cell RNA sequencing approach.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

Department of Energy jointly announced that they had completed the sequencing of the human genome, which could ultimately unlock the mysteries of human health.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

By sequencing genetic material preserved inside ancient teeth, the researchers reconstructed bacterial genomes and identified previously unknown early strains of plague.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

“So, in the event of a self-destruct initiation, the only way to stop the sequencing is by making and uploading a full PowerPoint presentation? “

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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