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  • Gold background

    Gold background

    Gold ground (both a noun and adjective) or gold-ground (adjective) is a term in art history for a style of images with all or most of the background in a solid gold colour. Historically, real gold

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  • Ekman transport

    Ekman transport

    Ekman transport is part of Ekman motion theory, first investigated in 1902 by Vagn Walfrid Ekman. Winds are the main source of energy for ocean circulation, and Ekman transport is a component of wi

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  • Filippo Reef

    Filippo Reef

    Filippo Reef is a reef that is asserted to be in the Pacific Ocean at 05°30′S 151°50′W / 5.500°S 151.833°W / -5.500; -151.833 , 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Starbuck Island in the Line Islands.

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  • Philippine peso

    Philippine peso

    The Philippine peso, also referred to by its Filipino name piso (Philippine English: /ˈ p ɛ s ɔː / PEH -saw, /ˈ p iː -/ PEE -, plural pesos; Filipino: piso [ˈpisɔː, ˈpɪsɔː] ; sign: ₱; code: PHP), i

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  • Finnish Navy

    Finnish Navy

    The Finnish Navy (Finnish: Merivoimat [ˈmeriˌʋoi̯mɑt] , Swedish: Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained

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  • Fukushiro Nukaga

    Fukushiro Nukaga

    Fukushiro Nukaga(額賀 福志郎 , Nukaga Fukushirō ; born 11 January 1944) is a Japanese politician who is serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023. A member of the Liberal

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  • Charles Humphreys

    Charles Humphreys

    Charles Humphreys (September 19, 1714 – March 11, 1786) was a signatory to the Continental Association while representing the Province of Pennsylvania in the First Continental Congress. A miller an

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  • Udaipur division

    Udaipur division

    The Indian state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country and stretches between 23°03'N and 30°12'N latitude and 69°30'E and 78°17'E longitude. As of 1 January 2025, for admi

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  • Wendy Brown

    Wendy Brown

    Wendy L. Brown (born November 28, 1955) is an American political theorist. She is the UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ.

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  • Mobile operator

    Mobile operator

    A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a mobile network provider, mobile network carrier, mobile, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, wireless operator, wireless telco, or cellular

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