connective
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Its software gives customers the connective tissue to run, optimize and train open-source models with their own data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The regenerated areas contained both skeletal components and connective tissues arranged in patterns resembling natural anatomy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
This quantum software will serve as the so-called connective tissue in hybrid models linking quantum systems with classical machines.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
“I don’t think people can appreciate how she is very much the connective tissue to a lot of what we are seeing that has taken place,” Chukwu said.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
These relations may be conveyed without even using a connective word: all the writer has to do is write the statements using parallel syntax and vary only the words that indicate the difference.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
But other aspects - identifying different types of adverbs or distinguishing between subordinating and co-ordinating connectives - might raise eyebrows.
From BBC ● May 13, 2013
Throw in a few connectives to ease yourself in.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2013
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like "and" that allow you to make longer expressions.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2012
In Pentimento she seems to take pride in leaving out connectives, or capping a half-told tale with a brief coda, unrelated except for the faintest resonance of tone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even more challenging, the optimal number of connectives depends on the expertise of the reader.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
