Currently, NBA Draft Lottery odds are based solely on a team’s performance in the previous season, leading to "tanking" (intentional losing) for high-value prospects.

The proposed "Two-Year Rolling Record" system calculates lottery odds based on a team's average winning percentage over the last two seasons. Additionally, any team reaching the Conference Finals is automatically ineligible for a Top 4 pick in the following draft.

Naturalized athletes have no ancestral link to the country they represent, but are conditionally granted citizenship for sports. Currently, only a select few countries permit naturalized athletes to represent them in competitions.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to a hypothetical, advanced-level AI that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across any intellectual task at a human-level or higher

Social movement unionism is a model of union organization where leaders dedicate time and resources to appealing to the general public to advance workers' rights (e.g. public protests, petitions, and grassroots campaigns to mobilize public support). On the other hand, traditional unionism refers to a model of union organizations where unions pressure employers primarily through strike action.

Debt-for-nature swaps are financial transactions where a portion of a developing nation’s foreign debt is forgiven or reduced by creditors in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation.

A carbon border tax is a trade policy that imposes a fee on imported goods based on the amount of carbon emissions produced during their manufacture

An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a maritime area extending up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast, within which the coastal state holds sovereign rights to explore and exploit both living and non-living natural resources.

The Union Cup serves as the side break of the National Debate Championship (NDC). It features the top eight teams that did not qualify for the Open Break, specifically restricted to institutions that have yet to secure an Open Semifinal appearance in the tournament’s history.

Reaching the Open Semifinals of the NDC renders a debater eligible for nomination to the Core Adjudication Panel (CAP) of the Philippines' two national debate tournaments, NDC and PIDC.

The Strong Black Woman schema is a culturally shaped psychological framework describing expectations that Black women should be consistently strong, self-reliant, emotionally restrained, and able to endure hardship while supporting others.

Microlabels (e.g. demisexual, greysexual, angiosexual, etc.) are highly specific identity terms used to describe nuanced experiences of gender, romantic, or sexual attraction beyond broader categories.

Middle-Class Voyeurism in art refers to the consumption of the hardships, trauma, or poverty of marginalized groups by a relatively privileged audience for the sake of entertainment, intellectual stimulation, or emotional catharsis.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) underwent multiple waves of eastward expansion, incorporating former Warsaw Pact members and the Baltic states, including Poland, Hungary, and Estonia. This open-door policy aimed to stabilize burgeoning democracies and provide a security umbrella against potential future aggression, integrating Eastern Europe into the Western liberal order. However, this expansion has been a primary source of geopolitical friction, as Russia views the advancement of a Western military alliance toward its borders as a violation of informal post-Cold War security assurances and a direct threat to its sphere of influence.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of developing nations that face unique social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities, such as small populations, limited resources, and extreme exposure to climate change and rising sea levels. They are also often referred to as "Large Ocean Nations" due to their stewardship over vast maritime territories that far exceed their actual landmass.

An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a maritime area extending up to 200 nautical miles from a country's coast, within which the coastal state holds sovereign rights to explore and exploit both living and non-living natural resources.

While the Outer Space Treaty mandates that celestial bodies be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and prohibits the placement of weapons of mass destruction in orbit, it does not explicitly ban "conventional" military support activities, such as reconnaissance, GPS navigation, and military communications.

Adaptive reuse is the repurposing of old or heritage buildings for new uses while retaining key historical or architectural features. It contrasts with strict preservation, which maintains sites mainly for historical display with limited functional use.

Third spaces are places outside home and work or school where people gather, relax, and socialize.

Peri-urban zones are areas at the edge of a major city where rural and urban land uses mix and rapidly convert.

Influencer journalism refers to the reporting or commentary of news and current events by social media personalities who shape public opinion through their platforms rather than traditional media institutions.

Doomsday journalism refers to a style of reporting that focuses on catastrophic risks, crises, or worst-case outcomes, emphasizing the possibility of large-scale harm.

Horseback journalism frames elections or political contests as competitive races, focusing on who is ahead or behind. It manifests in pre-election surveys, Google search interest or trends, debate performance, endorsements, and fundraising totals.

Revolutionary justice refers to the extralegal punishment and restructuring that follow the overthrow of an oppressive regime, often carried out or legitimized by the will of the masses rather than formal institutions. It seeks to purge remnants of the old order and assert the revolution’s moral authority, as seen in the French Revolution’s tribunals, the Cuban Revolution’s public execution trials, and the Khmer Rouge’s purges in Cambodia.

Cyber vigilantism refers to the use of digital retaliation to punish perceived wrongdoing outside formal legal processes (i.e., doxxing, hacking, DDoS attacks, unauthorized data leaks, and account takeovers).

An organic encounter is an unplanned, natural meeting with someone in person, often in daily settings like cafes, bookstores, or workplaces, without the use of dating apps.