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[vek-ter] / ˈvɛk tər /


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“The threat vector has gone from Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson to anyone who has a single image of themselves online,” said Hany Farid, a digital forensics professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

I first came to wear the badge of foodie in college in the aughts, a time when the term meant leading with curiosity, a vector for discovering and exploring new cultures and ideas.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

"Each new phase of Galkynysh so far tends to reinforce the Chinese vector rather than genuinely diversify it," Narymbetov said.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

While high-dimensional vectors can be compressed through vector quantization, that technique comes with its own memory issues as it requires calculating and storing additional data, “partially defeating the purpose of vector quantization,” Google said.

From MarketWatch Mar. 25, 2026

“What do you know about imaginary numbers, plane geometry, and vector algebra, Jake?”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

The WSJ Leadership Institute created a new Best Companies for the Future ranking, assessing firms on six vectors for future success.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed.

From Slate May 23, 2026

The algorithm addresses vectors, which help AI models understand and process simple to complex information.

From MarketWatch Mar. 25, 2026

Christian Heggen, coordinator of the Cyber Intelligence Unit, said they are up against a "large ecosystem of cyber criminals" who use "a number of different attack vectors".

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

Jake started adding in vectors and angles and working the equations along with Mr. Keeney.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

You can feel the vectored torque tugging at the wheel as it fights off understeer in a tight turn.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

“If that is the case it will raise questions about how it is vectored between such geographically separated sites.”

From Seattle Times May 24, 2023

Pentagon spokesman John Supple said the military has no reports of “aircraft being inappropriately vectored in the region mentioned” in the notice.

From Washington Times Mar. 8, 2023

“The results are plausible, and not very different to those seen with other AdV vectored products,” he said.

From Reuters Sep. 9, 2020

The controllers vectored the jets toward group after group of targets, but each time, before the jets could get close enough to see anything more than just a light, the targets had sped away.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

But “Death of an Author” is arguably the first halfway readable A.I. novel, an early glimpse at what is vectoring toward readers.

From New York Times May 1, 2023

He said that’s a much more advanced method of thrust vectoring than a previous method traditionally used on the North’s solid motor missiles.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2022

Of the more than 3,500 mosquito species, only a few hundred are capable of vectoring disease.

From The Guardian Sep. 20, 2019

The upgrade includes an unusual positive-torque vectoring system on the rear axle.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2018

The reporters and photographers were asked to leave the radar room on the pretext that classified radio frequencies and procedures were being used in vectoring the interceptors.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.




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