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He also courted strong and straight — and unavailable — alpha men to whom he appeared happy to play the beta role of political ingénue.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
With a smarter, more personalized Siri AI rolling out in beta to English-language users later this year, it’s natural to assume the revamped assistant will come to revamped speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
A beta version of Siri AI will be available later this year to supported devices set to English -- although not in the EU.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
They also noted that the beta — which measures volatility in comparison to the wider market — of value and growth have swapped places, mainly driven by Big Tech and the artificial-intelligence industry.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Radium emitted alpha particles at a meager 7.6 million electron volts and beta rays—that is, electrons—at only 3 million volts.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Any beta higher than 1 means a stock is more volatile than the S&P 500, while betas of less than 1 are less wild.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
Consider the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that buys the 10% of stocks with the highest betas and sells short the decile of stocks with the lowest betas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
“We’re betas pretending to be alphas,” Denton said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
As with its previous betas, the dates are separated by console and whether you preordered the game or not.
From The Verge ● Aug. 7, 2022
Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
