antiquarian
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An Anthropic spokesperson said sourcing books is a widely used approach for AI training, and “none of our data acquisition programs buy and destroy rare or antiquarian books.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
In the early 19th century, James Tod, an East India Company official and antiquarian, borrowed a large number of these reports and failed to return them when he left for Britain in 1823.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The Civil Guard police force has also released an antiquarian suspected of having received the items, the court added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
The L.A. antiquarian Charles Fletcher Lummis called it the Land of Poco Tiempo in his 1893 book of the same name, depicting it as a real-life territory of lotus eaters, of indolent pleasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The doors lock and hinges are so big and antiquarian, they must be Louis XIV.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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