Math stretched infinitely upward toward the heavens, but stories spread out before him, their sturdy roots stretching deep into the earth.

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"The clock is ticking on finding debris before they spread out and before they sink or disappear, " he said.

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They treat the fibroin with salt, then mix it with the substance to be preserved and spread the result out as films, before freeze-drying it.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

While there is more trading than ever before, it is spread out.

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Although Mr Cameron set out to spread good cheer this week, an infrastructure push will cause pain before it yields widespread benefits.

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Learning a skill depends on building new memories, and studies show that we learn new information most efficiently if we spread our practice out rather than trying to cram it all into a short period (like before a test).

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Before this facility opened, GameStop operated out of its distribution center through a series of interlocking mezzanines spread out over multiple floors on top of a warehouse.

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