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Bloom Into You (やがて君になる)

Bloom Into You (やがて君になる, Yagate Kimi ni Naru) is a yuri manga by Nio Nakatani, serialized 2015–2019 in Dengeki Daioh across 8 volumes, over 1 million copies sold, adapted into a 2018 Troyca anime and Sayaka spin-off novels.

Bloom syndrome

Bloom syndrome (Bloom-Torre-Machacek syndrome, congenital telangiectatic erythema) is a rare autosomal recessive BLM gene disorder with severe growth deficiency, sun-sensitive facial rash, and early-onset cancer risk.

Bloom syndrome protein

Bloom syndrome protein (BLM, RECQL3) is a 1417-amino-acid human RecQ 3'-5' DNA helicase at 15q26.1 that dissolves double Holliday junctions with TOP3A and RMI proteins; biallelic BLM mutations cause Bloom syndrome with ~10x elevated sister-chromatid exchange and cancer predisposition.

Bloom's taxonomy

Bloom's taxonomy, or the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, is a 1956 hierarchical classification of learning goals by Benjamin Bloom's committee across cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains, revised in 2001 into six verb-based levels from remember to create.

Bloomberg Billionaires Index

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, also called Bloomberg Billionaires, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people, updated after every New York trading day since 2012.

Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek is Bloomberg L.P.'s business magazine, founded September 1929 as BusinessWeek and purchased from McGraw-Hill in 2009. Known for long-form business journalism, regional editions, a metered paywall, and recent relaunch as a monthly print title.

Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial-data, software, and media company founded in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg, whose Bloomberg Terminal delivers market data and trading to over 325,000 financial professionals.

Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News, the news division of Bloomberg L.P., founded 1990 as Bloomberg Business News under Matthew Winkler, now led by John Micklethwait; a global business and markets wire serving Terminal subscribers and client outlets, distinct from the Walter Bloomberg aggregator account.

Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television (BTV) is Bloomberg L.P.'s 24-hour business and financial news channel, launched in 1994, competing with CNBC and Fox Business and reaching over 400 million homes from New York, London, and Hong Kong studios.

Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg Terminal, also known as Bloomberg Professional Services, is a subscription software platform giving financial professionals real-time market data, news, analytics, and the Instant Bloomberg chat network.

BloombergGPT

BloombergGPT is a 50-billion-parameter large language model trained by Bloomberg for financial natural language processing, announced in a research paper in March 2023 and never released.

Bloomburrow

Bloomburrow (BLB) is a Magic: The Gathering expansion released 2 August 2024, 280 cards, set on Valley, the game's first all-animal plane. Ten animal kindred archetypes, mechanics offspring, gift, forage; commercial hit, polarizing Limited format.

Bloomery

A bloomery is a charcoal-fueled furnace that reduces iron ore directly to solid iron and slag without melting the iron, the main ironmaking method from around 1000 BCE.

Bloomfield Stadium

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv (also called Bloomfield, not to be confused with Bloomfield Road, Blackpool): 29,400-seat football stadium opened 1962, home to Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Bnei Yehuda, named for the Bloomfield family of Canada.

Bloomin' Brands

Bloomin' Brands, also formerly OSI Restaurant Partners, is a Tampa, Florida restaurant holding company that owns Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming's.

Blooming onion

Blooming onion: a whole onion cut into flower-like petals, battered, and deep-fried, trademarked by Outback Steakhouse as the Bloomin' Onion in 1988; created by co-founder Tim Gannon, with earlier versions credited to chef Jeff Glowski in New Orleans.

Bloomingdale's

Bloomingdale's is an upscale American department store chain founded in New York in 1872, owned by Macy's, Inc., with its flagship at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

Bloomington Bison

Bloomington Bison, ECHL professional ice hockey team of Bloomington, Illinois; uses the Bloomington Ice Center as secondary practice rink; 2025-26 roster players tracked for 2026-27 protected lists and qualifying offers.

Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington, Illinois: county seat of McLean County and twin city of Normal, population 78,680 (2020). Founded 1830s from Blooming Grove; railroad hub; State Farm, Rivian, Illinois Wesleyan, and ISU anchor its economy.

Bloomington, IN Metro Area

Bloomington, IN Metro Area (CBSA 14020) is a south-central Indiana metropolitan statistical area anchored by Bloomington and Indiana University; Monroe and Owen counties (formerly also Greene), about 162,553 residents, university-dominated economy.

Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana, county seat of Monroe County and home of Indiana University Bloomington (founded as a state seminary in 1820). Population 79,168 in 2020; known for the Little 500, B-Line Trail, and a highly educated population.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington, Minnesota is a Hennepin County suburb of Minneapolis with about 90,000 residents, incorporated in 1858 and home of the Mall of America, the largest U.S. shopping complex, built on the former Metropolitan Stadium site.

Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metro Area

Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA (CBSA 14100): Pennsylvania statistical area around Bloomsburg and Berwick; an MSA of Columbia and Montour counties from 2013, reclassified a Columbia County micropolitan area in July 2023; 2020 population 82,863.

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury, central London district in Camden, formerly Blemundsbury; famed for Georgian squares, the British Museum, UCL, and the Bloomsbury Group; about 160-hectare conservation area.

Bloomsbury Group

The Bloomsbury Group was an informal circle of English intellectuals and artists centered in London. They were known for their work in art, literature, and the Omega Workshops.

Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE: BMY) is a British independent publisher founded by Nigel Newton in 1986, headquartered at 50 Bedford Square, London; originating publisher of Harry Potter, listed since 1994, with fiscal 2026 revenue of £325.9m.

Bloomsday

Bloomsday, June 16, is the annual literary holiday marking the single day, June 16, 1904, on which James Joyce's Ulysses is set. Named for protagonist Leopold Bloom, it is celebrated worldwide with readings, re-enactments, and Joycean breakfasts.

Bloons Tower Defense

Bloons Tower Defense (Bloons TD 1) is Ninja Kiwi's free Flash tower defense game released August 16, 2007, with one map, fifty rounds, and five towers (Dart Monkey, Tack Shooter, Ice Tower, Bomb Tower, Super Monkey); first of the Bloons TD series.

Bloop

The Bloop is an extremely loud, ultra-low-frequency underwater sound recorded in the equatorial Pacific in 1997 by NOAA hydrophones and attributed to an iceberg breaking from an Antarctic glacier.

Bloque VII Ceuta Oil Field

Bloque VII Ceuta is an operating oil field in Lake Maracaibo, western Venezuela, discovered in April 1956 by Mene Grande Oil Company and developed by the Petrozamora joint venture.