inspect
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Competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic largely focus on closed AI models, which are considered black boxes that users cannot inspect themselves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Westminster City Council will have to inspect the wall and if the removal is deemed incomplete, another cleaning method will have to be used.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Twenty-five companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft and Palantir, urged Washington not to restrict open-weight artificial-intelligence models—those whose underlying parameters anyone can download, inspect and adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The goal is to inspect this property for buildings and structures associated with a kennel operation reported to have more than 100 dogs,” the department said in the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Cautiously I moved the finished product toward him to inspect.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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The state agency that inspects amusement parks, Cal/OSHA, said it “has opened an inspection into the reported incident involving the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain” that occurred July 5.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Adalberto Maypora, a well-known character around town, inspects his fishing boat on a deserted beach nestled between cliffs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Estyn in Wales and the body that inspects Church of England schools and academies have also both moved away from a single grade approach.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
She trains them to stand stock-still when a judge inspects them nose to tail, or trot in a circle without getting distracted by the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
To clothe the migrants, he circumvents Mexican Customs, which inspects cars and confiscates used clothing coming into the country, in what Padre Leo believes is an attempt to protect Mexican clothing manufacturers.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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On Monday, as he inspected the mine after heavy rains, he spotted the rock.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Records show Domani inspected construction at the 222 Broadway site in 2023, but the work was separate from the conversion to residential buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Rental damage claims can take several weeks — or even a few months — to process, especially if the vehicle needs to be inspected or repaired.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rabie, however, said Israeli army, police and fire service personnel arrived in the village about half an hour after the attack and inspected the damage to the mosque and other property.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
As he inspected it, Amah wondered: Why did the emperor disguise himself as a lowly guard?
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Two weeks later, I noticed the fire and safety team walking through the prison, holding clipboards, testing alarms, and inspecting extinguishers.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Under the warrant, county officials were also inspecting the property to determine whether the foundation was in compliance with building and land use codes and regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
AFP photographs showed a child and an elderly man inspecting the charred entrance and windows of the mosque, where part of a prayer carpet had also been burned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Police caught the woman and, upon inspecting her phone, found she had procured dozens more babies for adoption in Singapore and Indonesia.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
After inspecting the cut on her son's forehead, however, Jiller simply smiled and shrugged.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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