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frontier

[fruhn-teer, fron-, fruhn-teer] / frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-, ˈfrʌn tɪər /




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“Running advanced frontier models with expansive context windows places immense pressure on memory and manufacturing pipelines,” DeYonker told MarketWatch in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Tyson Chen, co-founder and co-CEO of Avoca AI, said the startup generally sticks with frontier models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

“If you have open models that are coming onto the scene, catching up in capability, then that’s going to put pricing pressure on the frontier labs,” Hou told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Other companies say they’re choosing frontier models because they need top-of-the-line capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

And Whitney Young, for me, was pure frontier.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Terry says Qantas is conquering "one of the last frontiers in commercial aviation".

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

US astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to take part in a lunar mission, was on Wednesday named the winner of a top Spanish prize for having "helped extend the frontiers of humanity".

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

After IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer scored a landmark victory over chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, researchers sought new simulations to push the frontiers of machine intelligence.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

"This study opens up new frontiers in research on human evolution," adds Professor Eleanor Scerri of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, also senior author of the study.

From Science Daily May 3, 2026

A new kind of hero emerged as well—a hero willing to sacrifice self to explore new frontiers.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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