Sentences with phrase «more operative word»

Indeed it is, in much the same way that one applauds obsessive gestures of any and all stripes (or perhaps «swirls» is here the more operative word).

Not exact matches

That said, so far «tantalize» has been the operative word, even though scientists have been studying metamaterials for more than 15 years.

Of course, the operative word here is «half» because there is a lot more to do once a robust «start» is achieved.

«Shuttle» is the operative word: We logged more than 6,000 miles in the first quarter, many of those coming from an editor delivering the car from the West Coast to Detroit.

But «might» is the operative word, as the more stock - heavy your portfolio is, the more damage it will sustain during market setbacks and the harder it could be for your nest egg to recover from the double - whammy of investment losses and withdrawals.

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If you have not, and as you have said, you've only «tried to follow the debate by reading journal articles and posts», and I think «tried» is your operative word; then from a scientific point of view, are not then your opinions more in the «less likely» or «very unlikely» category of confidence, from an objective or qualitative argument perspective?

With the IPCC terminology, the operative word is «most»; it is certainly plausible that a combination of natural internal variability and solar could have produced more than 50 % of the late 20th century warming; the IPCC statement already allow it up to 49 % based on a definition of «most».

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