temporal
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After practice, the scans showed a different part of the brain got involved—an area called the temporal cortex, which deals with memory and recognizing objects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Al-Hashimi became a polyglot — speaking English, Farsi and Armenian — in part to curb the effects of a seizure disorder on her temporal lobe, which is crucial for language comprehension.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
"In our pump-probe experiment, we exactly measure the temporal development of this stimulated X-ray emission," says Huang.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
In the film, the temporal correlation between increased use of plastics and decreasing sperm count is presented as causative.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
“Of course, we were here on Cairnholm a decade or more before the third of September, 1940—physically isolated, thanks to the island’s unique geography—but it wasn’t until that date that we also needed temporal isolation.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing temporal
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