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backlash

[bak-lash] / ˈbækˌlæʃ /


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Even as the AI backlash hit the stock market, chip makers and data-center developers continued to raise capital and make acquisitions, doubling down on the boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

There is also a "risk of a backlash against some of these technologies", he warned.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

“The school got pretty harsh backlash from students about the OpenAI contract because we had been punished for using AI, and now they are getting this huge contract with them,” Masse said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

“Now that the public backlash has erupted, they are working just as hard to distance themselves from these projects.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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