How native speakers pronounce “quality”

You don't want to have to manufacture all of this on the spot. And you also want to think about things like quality of life. Because you have a choice oftentimes,

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At any given moment, you are holding countless threads which range in quality from vital to worthless.

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maybe even better. But quantity pushes out quality, and they started spending a lot less time

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all you got to do is realize, listen, there's more good, high-quality information available to everybody in this room than at any point in humanity.

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that the textbook of medicine is closed. We start to measure the quality of our health care by how quickly we can access it.

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sleeping on the right side can help relieve chest pressure and improve their overall quality of sleep. Clearly, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

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Over the two weeks, we measured their sleep with a wristwatch-type device, like, a research-quality smartwatch, and we also made more sophisticated measures of their sleep,

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Not enough, not quality sleep, wrong position. Even worse, you might find scary messaging

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And when insomniacs finally do fall asleep, the quality of their rest is compromised. Our brain’s primary source of energy is cerebral glucose,

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it negatively impacts your release of a stress hormone cortisol, right? But if you have quality connection outside of that marriage, that doesn't happen.

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But in fact, people report that this entertainment factor is the least important quality they look for in a friend. And the most important quality that they look for

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

is the least important quality they look for in a friend. And the most important quality that they look for is someone who makes them feel like they matter.

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but generally, people want better sex, and better is to reconnect with that quality of aliveness, of vibrancy, of renewal, of vitality,

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That's what they cared about? I couldn't understand when I was working so hard to deliver quality work, and I wish I could say I underwent some immediate transformation

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and things that would produce actual revenue and quality work for a company. And this was conditioned by my years of schooling,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

I focused on research, initially spearheaded by Dr. Jane Dutton, on high-quality connections at work. And to understand high-quality connections,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

on high-quality connections at work. And to understand high-quality connections, I want you to think back

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

but you felt more bound together. That's a high-quality connection. And I was curious

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

And I was curious about whether having higher-quality connections throughout the day led to higher levels of engagement

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

So if you spent your entire day having high-quality interactions with different people, or just one high-quality connection with one person,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

having high-quality interactions with different people, or just one high-quality connection with one person, you still tended to feel more engaged.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

we're able to connect in a similar way. Only-audio interactions produce lower-quality connections. And third, and this was surprising and something I wasn't even looking for,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

it had a tremendous effect on whether they were even able to engage in quality connections. And that does make sense,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

So burnt out individuals had a hard time even making those high-quality connections. So my research showed that having high-quality connections

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

even making those high-quality connections. So my research showed that having high-quality connections is very important for engagement.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

or her friends or her coworkers in person anymore, and she often went weeks only spending quality time with her husband. Her story shows us that we can't be fully healthy,

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Being socially healthy is about having the right quantity and quality of connection for you. And Maya's story is one example

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we need to start thinking about these things as not only luxuries but essentials for a high-quality, healthful life. But in the meantime,

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that connections provided through social networks and communities are associated with better health and quality of life. So until we fix the systems that are harming our health,

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The data backs it up. Students who experience engaging, high-quality learning have higher grades, stronger attendance, fewer behavior issues.

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with our current barriers to improve our quality of life today. And this is the fun part.

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the easier it will be for you to fall asleep and the better the experienced sleep quality. And in addition,

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We could do all this to improve it. So quality comes out of quantity. You can get an awful lot of quantity here.

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which was inconceivable for low-income families. Quality was also an issue, with high incidences of spoilage and contamination.

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homicides in Watts declined by 44 percent, changing the quality of life in my neighborhood. I was just 23 years old,

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it was inefficient, it didn't champion quality or the end-user experience,

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And we've never charged any of our recipients to date. Our produce and our quality is top notch. We've never taken a single piece of donated produce.

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

like ease of delivery, quality of produce, staff treatment and even stress after delivery.

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

Quite simple. Just serving people and delivering quality food, produce. When this all started,

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

So here are a couple of sample questions. Number 12: If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

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(Laughs) I mean, the writing quality of some of the new models, not just here, but in detail,

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but that's what I had to go into court to defend. And that is why it was the Kafkaesque quality of it, which was so confounding.

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"I have offended God and mankind, because my work did not achieve the quality it should have." Now I wasn’t there, so I don’t know if he said that exactly in that way.

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not just from a human resource standpoint retention, performance, everything, quality of care, but also it's become like a priority.

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She asks: What kind of sex is worth wanting? My partner and I looked at the quality of our connection and what it brought to our lives,

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due to the scale of the compute and data. However, there's a quality of learning that is still not quite there. And the thing is,

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Residents in these communities are often less reliant on vehicles, which translates to improved air quality and reduced local greenhouse gas emissions.

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ImageNet from my lab enabled a database of millions of high-quality photos to help train computers to see.

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I only uploaded six videos. But hey, as they say, quality over quantity, right? What started to bring me out of my spiral was something I remembered

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That was Mozart's method. He was obsessed about quantity as much as quality. He was committed to creating countless compositions

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our willingness to raise concerns can be vital to the quality of care we provide, but also to the safety of patients and the care team.

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that they have to change their lifestyle. But what if lifestyle was really about quality of life and about perhaps something that we would all enjoy more,

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

something that would be better than what we have right now? Well, the gold standard of quality of life rankings, it's called the Mercer Survey.

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

according to 10 criteria that they believe add up to quality of life: health, economics, education, housing, you name it.

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

Is being more sustainble what gives you a higher quality of life? I would argue the same thing

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

that makes you more sustainble is what gives you a higher quality of life, and that's living in a walkable neighborhood.

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

who was an avid painter himself, I was cautious and timid. Caution is a fine quality in life, but not so in art. And Chinese society was also very controlling when I was young,

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whose knowledge about cocoa beans has taught all of us how to screen cocoa beans for quality, classify the different varieties

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Global citizens will sign up in every corner of this globe, increasing the frequency, quality and impact of their actions.

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