The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
orthogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orthogeneses)
(evolutionary theory, historical) The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.
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8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.