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That doesn’t mean your private chats about your colleague or spouse are going to show up word for word in someone else’s chat session a year or two from now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The title came to her first — “At the Beach, in Every Life” — and the song poured out of her, nearly word for word.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
Often, “Eddington” plays out so formally and predictably that it’s like watching someone write out the thing that’s making them anxious on paper, word for word.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
"I sat down for 12 hours in one day, learning it word for word, note for note," he says.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
“I can quote you that word for word: ‘The matter admits of no explanation.’”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
