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counter

[koun-ter] / ˈkaʊn tər /






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The most basic way to counter AI sycophancy is to ask open-ended questions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Canada held their policy targets while the Reserve Bank of Australia boosted its key rate a second time to counter inflation.

From Barron's

While he’s there, he grabs a coffee, pays a utility bill at the counter, and prints a document he needs for work.

From Barron's

“She needs to be looked at before we process her,” one of the agents tells the staff members gathered near a counter.

From Los Angeles Times

Upon the plane’s return to the U.S., its “suitcase nuke” triggered the Geiger counters at an airport in Maine, convincing a customs agent that a nuclear bomb was about to strike America.

From The Wall Street Journal