as in ballistic
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Recent Examples of nuclear
Funds focused on agriculture, sustainable livelihoods, women leadership and development, military training and education, and programs to strengthen the private sector, along with, curiously, just over $11 million to support nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
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Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump during his first White House term withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran negotiated by Democratic President Barack Obama's administration.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Alexandra Bell: The nuclear affairs expert is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization that sets the Doomsday Clock, as its new president and chief executive.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
My friends in the French Air Force tell me (by Signal obviously) that last Tuesday’s ‘Poker 2025’ nuclear attack exercise went off well.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Dial, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump during his first White House term withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran negotiated by Democratic President Barack Obama's administration.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Alexandra Bell: The nuclear affairs expert is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization that sets the Doomsday Clock, as its new president and chief executive.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
My friends in the French Air Force tell me (by Signal obviously) that last Tuesday’s ‘Poker 2025’ nuclear attack exercise went off well.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium, Brewers manager Pat Murphy declined to go ballistic over the torpedo bats that blew up his pitching staff over the first three games of the season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Prior to his painting, this transfer class, now called ballistic capture transfers, or weak stability boundary (WSB) transfers, did not exist, Belbruno said.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.—
María Inés Taracena,
The New Republic,
12 Apr. 2023
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Mar. 2024
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Mediumship does not belong to some incredulous or demented margins; it can be practiced ethically by individuals trained through empirical standards to address the uncanny and perplexing phenomena beyond our five-sense world.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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By my demented yet unimpeachable estimations, the average salary for a macrodata refiner is $125,800.—
Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
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The same is true of their treatment of Number One, Luther, who is gravely harmed on a doomed solo mission and injected with a life-saving experimental serum that transforms his body into that of an ape-human hybrid.—
Crispin Long,
The New Yorker,
12 July 2022
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Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti-ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species’ worldview.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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