critical race theory

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“According to Encyclopedia Britannica, tenets of CRT have spread beyond academia and are used to deepen understanding of socio-economic issues such as ‘poverty, police brutality, and voting rights violations’, that are affected by the ways in which race and racism are ‘understood and misunderstood’ in the United States.”
From Wikipedia contributors. (2026a, January 18). 2020s critical race theory controversies. Wikipedia. 

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Covid-19

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“Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.”
from — Wikipedia contributors. (2026, January 29). COVID-19. Wikipedia.

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continuum

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“But AI is a continuum of technologies, it’s not one thing.”
From The Wall Street Journal

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contaminants of environmental concern

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“CEC include different substances like pharmaceuticals, personal care products, industrial byproducts, and agricultural chemicals. These substances often bypass regular detection and treatment processes, leading to their unintended persistence in the environment.”
from — Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, December 12). Contaminants of emerging concern. Wikipedia. 

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community

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“A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other’s abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation. Depending on how broadly one views the interaction between organisms, a community can be small and local, as in a pond or tree, or regional or global, as in a biome.”
from — Definition of community. (n.d.). 

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climate-change

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“Over the last century, burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). This increase happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon with oxygen in the air to make CO2.”
from — Ward, K., & Ward, K. (2025, September 26). Climate change – NASA Science. NASA Science. 

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climate variability

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“A stable climate is not necessarily a static climate: Climates can vary within limits over time, and it is important to distinguish between this climate variability and genuine climate change in evaluating climatic history and making future projections.”
from (and see more at) — Climate variability | Research Starters | EBSCO Research. (n.d.). EBSCO. 

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