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Higgs-like

Capital H, hyphen.

The ATLAS and CMS experiments have discovered a Higgs-like particle. They are not sure yet if it is the Higgs boson that the Standard Model predicts, or another, more exotic Higgs boson.

HL-LHC

High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, High-Luminosity LHC (also: HiLumi)

Capital letters, note the hyphen.

The High-Luminosity LHC project (HL-LHC) will take the accelerator to new energy frontiers.

Holland

Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands. Don't use "Holland" to mean the whole of the Netherlands – it's incorrect.

inter

The prefix "inter" does not take a hyphen. 

interdepartmental

intergovernmental

interrelated

BUT inter-agency

 

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