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interchangeability

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Recent Examples of interchangeability The Cowboys could be a bit more fluid there with the interchangeability of certain players on the roster, but if the previous standard remains, there will be one final spot to fight for in training camp. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 The agency also made interchangeability easier, enabling a patient and pharmacist swap an expensive biologic for its cheaper biosimilar equivalent, with less red tape. — Avik Roy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Total football remade soccer worldwide by emphasizing movement and pressure on the ball and the interchangeability of positions, laying the groundwork for the modern incarnation of the sport. — Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 Cross is more of a box safety type than the other names, which would effectively lock both him and Bishop into respective roles without as much interchangeability as others. — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 The demonstration, conducted during Exercise Talisman Sabre in July, marked the first time the UK and Australia showed interchangeability of XLUUVs as part of a single fighting force. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025 This blurring of the line between street gangs and rock bands, the interchangeability of instruments made for the musician’s stage and for the warrior’s battlefield, is deliberate and meaningful. — Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025

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But is there some subtle parallelism between what’s happening right now in Silo 18 and what’s happening in the flashbacks?

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Two GB10s leverage a software technology called tensor parallelism to split, or shard, an AI model across both machines, harnessing them as a team to share the load and deliver results.

— Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026

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He is best known for introducing the idea of dynamical similarity to cosmological systems — a mathematical realization of philosophical principles in physics.

— Big Think, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2026
There is no historical source that puts the similarity between the two diadems in writing.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of similarity

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For his part, Breen says that both dates are false and that the yearbook picture (which bears a striking resemblance to him) is a different person.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
And yes, most everyone will call it the Batmobile, as the resemblance certainly warrants it.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of resemblance

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The organization created the voucher program to overcome compatibility issues between donors and recipients.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
The phone includes 128GB of storage for photos, videos, software, and other files, plus compatibility with current iOS 26 updates.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

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