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connection

[kuh-nek-shuhn] / kəˈnɛk ʃən /




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This potential connection could help researchers explore relationships between brain activity and symbolic communication, although further research would be needed to establish them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Ukraine now has a "stable connection" to Starlink, its defence minister has said, after its military suffered days of restricted connectivity on the satellite internet network.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Ukraine again has a "stable connection" to Starlink, the government said on Saturday, after days of tensions with Washington over the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army's operations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Research published in September by the Brookings Institution also found this connection, projecting that if the pattern held in the general election, tens of thousands of mail-in ballots could be rejected.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Lawson saw a connection between Fischer and Morphy in their precocious rise, although Bobby had yet to prove himself the world’s—let alone America’s—greatest player.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Instead, its connections remain selective, reinforcing the discovery that the LC operates through carefully organized signaling pathways.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Still, Chandrasekaran’s industry connections are key to her campaign, especially when it comes to raising money for her council and mayoral bids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“The talent he brings is that he’s a new person in a long line of Venezuelan businesspeople who deal in influence. Their big lever is connections and influence. It is know-who, not know-how.”

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The community ties and social connections that Ramaswamy and his family have established across Cincinnati and Columbus could be helpful, in theory.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even though we Dinka people had had to leave our homeland in Southern Sudan years before, we had managed to keep our connections going through a kind of Dinka “grapevine.”

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau


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