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demo

[dem-oh] / ˈdɛm oʊ /
NOUN
audition
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Here’s what she’s learned: When technology doesn’t graduate beyond the demo stage, the problem is often that inventors and engineers are so enamored with their own creation that they assume it will find a home.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

For some people closer to my age demo, maybe it was a little too much — their feet hurt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In a demo, the robot was shaky and slow, with laundry getting stuck on its claw-like hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It was there that she persuaded DJ Michael Kamins to play the demo of Everybody, securing her first record deal.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The unveiling of the STM and the planned demo, scheduled to take place later this year, has ignited fervor across the globe.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In 2025, it claimed, the defendants hacked into the mobile device of a producer who had collaborated with Grande and accessed unreleased masters, demos and footage from recording sessions.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

He founded the Modern Lovers in 1970 in Natick, Mass., and recorded demos in 1971 and ’72.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

That leaves investors with a clearer path than the headlines suggest: own the platform for versality and flexibility, screen the suppliers for revenue, avoid paying up for the humanoid demos.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

When I was working on the demos, I was like “Let me try this 432 Hz thing” and I like how it feels for me personally, how I sing on the frequencies.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

This being a direct rather than a representative democracy, membership of the demos, or sovereign body, was by right rather than by election, and every decision was taken on a one-man, one-vote basis.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

When Musk returned to the stage a year later, he demoed a prototype called Bumblebee, with visible wires and actuators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

GoDaddy demoed the AI app builder, agentic workflows for core small and midsize customers, and Airo for WordPress professionals.

From Barron's Dec. 6, 2025

AI companies, including OpenAI, Google and Meta, have demoed or shared their tools with movie and TV studios and directors.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

Both nominations recognise Now and Then, a song that John Lennon demoed in the 1970s, and which was finally completed by his surviving bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr last year.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2025

In early October, Tesla demoed Optimus, its humanoid robot.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2022

At the Times Food Stage, Cassandra Peterson, known for her work as Elvira, will be demoing from her book “Elvira’s Cookbook From Hell.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

In a third, Jonathan Shobrook, a fellow, was demoing his product, Adrenaline, a tool that lets you ask natural-language questions of your code base.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

In exchange for demoing, I'd get free unlimited yoga classes.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2023

Microsoft only spent 11 seconds of its 49 minute event demoing the Surface Pro 8 without a peripheral you’ll need to pay extra for.

From The Verge Sep. 22, 2021

Kaname Hayashi will be demoing Lovot, a chick-like bot with large expressive eyes, flapping arms, wheels, and a wardrobe of clothes to cover its soft shell.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2019




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