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- noun Plural form of
surface . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
surface .
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Examples
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Now that it is the greater congruity of one of the two _contiguous fluids_, then of the other, to the containing _solid_, that causes the separating surfaces to be thus or thus figured: And that it is not because this or that figurated surface is more proper, natural, or peculiar to one of these fluid bodies, then to the other, will appear from this; that the same _fluids_ will by being put into differing _solids_, change their _surfaces_.
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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I would tell the 12 year old me in 1976 that running on hard surfaces is going land you on a pair of crutches when you are 45 … run on grass, work your core, ride a bike, you do not have run every single day. datingjesus
What would you say to your younger self? « Dating Jesus 2009
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Goldsmith says consumers may need to wipe down certain surfaces, such as a black glass stovetop, a second time with a clean wet cloth.
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If the news media wishes to breathlessly report each time Palin surfaces to espouse her predictable points on guns, God, gays, abortion and the flag, that's fine.
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And to savour Japan, it makes most sense to seek out its privacies, its secret corners; until I came here, I never realised that the society famous for its conformist surfaces is – for that very reason, perhaps – a home to wild obsessives, who have collected every King Crimson bootleg in existence or will show you their collection of videos of ancient Hawaii Five-O episodes.
Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010
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One problem that soon surfaces is the movie's certitude.
'Red' Alert: Old Stars Fire Up Thriller Joe Morgenstern 2010
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Two doses daily, immediately followed by rubbing our patented remover across all wrinkled skin surfaces will leave you looking, and feeling, young again!
What Is It? Game 114 2009
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His movement on all surfaces is better, his serve is bigger and his backhand, particularly crosscourt, more dangerous.
Once in running for best ever, now Federer can't beat Nadal 2009
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Two doses daily, immediately followed by rubbing our patented remover across all wrinkled skin surfaces will leave you looking, and feeling, young again!
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- The cleaning of mirror surfaces is resolved – many studies forget this aspect.
World’s Largest Solar Project Planned for Saharan Desert | Inhabitat 2009
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