Thesaurus / backing
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Launched four years ago with the backing of Elon Musk, Neuralink has been working on futuristic neural interfaces that seamlessly listen in on the brain’s electrical signals, and at the same time, “write” into the brain with electrical pulses.
NEURALINK’S WILDLY ANTICIPATED NEW BRAIN IMPLANT: THE HYPE VS. THE SCIENCESHELLY FANSEPTEMBER 1, 2020SINGULARITY HUB
Billions of dollars in backing from major Hollywood studios.
‘THEY GOT THE MEMO’: QUIBI CHANGES TONE, TACT AFTER FAILED DEBUTTIM PETERSONAUGUST 12, 2020DIGIDAY
We haven’t seen any polls here, but Gurtler appears to have the most financial backing, even though Clyde had outraised Gurtler about $877,000 to $660,000 as of July 22.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S ELECTIONS IN MINNESOTA AND GEORGIAGEOFFREY SKELLEY (GEOFFREY.SKELLEY@ABC.COM)AUGUST 11, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
How a UBI can be initiated with political will and social backing and paid for by governments has been hotly debated by economists and UBI enthusiasts.
Bobby Duffy, King’s College London and Daniel Allington, King’s College LondonThere remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public.
"Ah, then I shall meet them at noon," replied the smart officer, backing his bay horse.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Dark rumours of shady things which had been done in his name rendered men shy of backing his horses.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
He kept his promise and had the satisfaction of knowing that both his clients were backing him heartily.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPE
"Yes, I'll write," nodded Quentina, backing sorrowfully away.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTER
Too much care cannot be taken to obtain both facing and backing bricks of equal size.
WORDS RELATED TO BACKING
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