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  2. Chronostasis - Wikipedia

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    In regard to frequency, the occurrence of many, similar events can exaggerate duration overestimation and makes the effects of chronostasis more severe. In regard to repetition, repetitive stimuli appear to be of shorter subjective duration than novel stimuli. [14] This is due to neural suppression within the cortex.

  3. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest word in that dictionary is electroencephalographically (27 letters). [13] The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless"; its usage has been recorded as ...

  4. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    It was first suggested that a googolplex should be 1, followed by writing zeros until you got tired. This is a description of what would happen if one tried to write a googolplex, but different people get tired at different times and it would never do to have Carnera a better mathematician than Dr. Einstein, simply because he had more endurance ...

  5. The housing market is ending 2024 with ‘stale’ supply - AOL

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    There’s good news in the housing market to close out 2024: There’s a lot more supply on the housing market. The bad news: A lot of that supply is stale, sitting unsold for much longer than usual.

  6. Many pharmacies are struggling to process prescriptions ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the patience and understanding of our beneficiaries while it takes longer than usual to safely fill ...

  7. Chronic pain - Wikipedia

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    The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines chronic pain as a general pain without biological value that sometimes continues even after the healing of the affected area; [8] [9] a type of pain that cannot be classified as acute pain [b] and lasts longer than expected to heal, or typically, pain that has been experienced on most days or daily for the past six months, is ...

  8. Could this year's hyperactive tornado season turn out to be ...

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    In fact, 2024 has already had more tornadoes than the average annual total of 1,402. Tornado outbreaks at the end of April and the month of May quickly raised 2024 above the historical average.

  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Than is a grammatical particle and preposition associated with comparatives, whereas then is an adverb and a noun. In certain dialects, the two words are usually homophones because they are function words with reduced vowels, and this may cause speakers to confuse them. Standard: I like pizza more than lasagna.