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annotation

[an-uh-tey-shuhn] / ˌæn əˈteɪ ʃən /


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More accurate identification of subgenomes could improve gene annotation, trait mapping, and comparative genomic studies.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

India has positioned itself as a global middleman for the creation, processing and annotation of AI data.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

They were employed by a Nairobi-based outsourcing company called Sama, which has a history of work in data annotation.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok chatbot.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

Scrolling further down the screen, Charles came across a rather unusual annotation: “You didn’t really think we’d make it that easy, did you?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Many of them bear the pencil marks of her annotations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The organization made that footage available online with time stamps and annotations.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

Some of the performers fans have travelled from other towns and cities to grab his old paperbacks, some of which contain annotations by Cave.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2025

These preliminary findings represent only two of thousands of annotations our approach has provided.

From Salon May 17, 2024

Ten years previously, Bobby’s slender volume Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess was seen as a revealing glimpse into the teenager’s mind, but it was criticized for its sparse annotations.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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