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[ej] / ɛdʒ /






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He put one on the inside edge of the plate to Milwaukee’s Garrett Mitchell, who lined it into right field to dissolve the Dodgers’ lead in the ninth inning.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

By the third image in the sequence, the two objects line up, and Earth briefly disappears behind the shadowed edge of the small moon.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

As AI changes what employers want in a candidate, one type of worker may have an edge — the personality hire.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

And truck buyers are often deeply loyal so the Detroit companies hunt for any edge to convince customers to switch allegiances.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Having caught the attention of the concert crowd, Trey strode in a near straight line toward me, picnic blankets be damned, stumbling over the edge of the last one, shooting it a dirty look.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

ByteDance also released one called Seed3D 2.0 in April, which it says improves on details that are hard for AI tools to get right, such as sharp edges and thin walls.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

According to the Guardian, astronomers were unable to confirm the impact, “possibly because the impact site was close to the visible edges of the moon.”

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

“Then, I start with loops around the edges and work my way in,” he continued.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Using photolithography, they added visual reference markers around the edges of each membrane.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

When he had one row, he trimmed off the top edges so that each of the blocks slanted in.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

—Yields on eurozone government bonds edged higher as prospects of a U.S.-Iran peace deal faded, raising concerns about prolonged supply chain disruptions and inflation risk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Innovations in sports science have edged athletes closer too.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

He was part of the side that reached the Champions League quarter-finals last season before being edged out by Arsenal.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Shanghai, Wellington, Taipei and Manila all edged down but there were gains in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Seoul.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

As the squadron, in the demon pass of jets, edged offshore high above the green blaze of ocean, Lillian watched and listened from her second story veranda.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

In other words, the lower Russian River is edging up-market.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

However, quickfire wins in spring 2025 led to a Windsor Park meeting with Ishmael Davis, edging a split decision verdict having pulled himself off the canvas and suffering a badly swollen eye.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Those two factors “complicate the Fed story,” he said, adding that the chance of a rate hike at next week’s U.S. central bank meeting were edging higher.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

China’s surveyed urban jobless rate stood at 5.0% last month, edging down from May’s 5.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Already it had something of the beauty of a full-grown wolf: the slender pale.grey muzzle; large silver ears with their edging of black; elegant, dark-rimmed eyes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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