caution
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On Sunday, OpenAI's chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, called for "extreme caution."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rising bond yields and record-high diesel prices, which reached $5.850 on Friday, are adding to investor caution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Long Beach evacuation orders were issued out of an abundance of caution, officials said, to allow the city’s Building and Safety Bureau to evaluate the structural integrity and condition of the homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The researchers caution that the findings do not establish that tadalafil directly causes glaucoma.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
And Pearl, with the caution of the recently singed, would simply nod.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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Dr. Seema Yasmin, an educator, author and clinical assistant professor at Stanford University, cautions users.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In a phone interview, Paul Staniland, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, cautions against overestimating the effect of public opinion surveys on U.S. foreign policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But she cautions not everything on social media is reliable.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
One of the researchers cautions against viewing screen time as entirely harmful and says the goal should be to balance physical activity with screen use that encourages active thinking.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Quiet. We don’t want others to hear us,” Ma cautions me.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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"A lot of people are in for a shock when they see just how good the real competitors are," Mathews cautioned.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers cautioned that this does not necessarily mean the sharks were eating completely different prey species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
For his part, Hausfather cautioned that there are “pretty big uncertainties when you are working with indirect measurements like coral proxy records,” so comparing historic El Niños to modern ones is inherently hard to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Still, the Kiel Institute cautioned that "the recovery remains fragile".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is the source for this map, though the reader is cautioned against regarding it as either exact or universally accepted. genetically unsound but logically consistent.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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"Do not use this pill under any circumstance," the institute said in its warning, cautioning that the drug could cause "overheating with potentially fatal consequences".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“It’s clear from experience with Waymo that these autonomous vehicles can’t deal with unanticipated circumstances, so we are certainly cautioning about the dangers of 26,000 pounds barreling down the highways at 65 miles per hour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Likewise, a friend warned me against staying up through 2 a.m. for the premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s “Full Phil,” cautioning that it was the worst film they’d ever seen at Cannes in over a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
She has emphasized to executives and board directors the need for OpenAI to improve its internal controls, cautioning that the company isn’t yet ready to meet the rigorous reporting standards required of a public company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Quickly, the SCLC’s Executive Director Reverend Andrew Young and Reverend James Bevel met with Malcolm X, urging him not to incite any incidents and cautioning him that his presence could cause violence.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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