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prepossesses

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present tense third-person singular of prepossess

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This difference influences how nuclear fuel behaves and how a reactor sustains fission.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Although this can lose some of the intricate ways the global climate influences local weather events, the team was able to achieve a resolution of just 30 square miles, about the size of Glendale.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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