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demo

[dem-oh] / ˈdɛm oʊ /
NOUN
audition
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For some people closer to my age demo, maybe it was a little too much — their feet hurt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In a demo, the robot was shaky and slow, with laundry getting stuck on its claw-like hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Susanne Bieller, general secretary of the International Federation of Robotics, said humanoids with flashy skills that have impressed the public are often prototypes trained for a highly tailored demo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“Wonderful World” was a demo that Keen Records put on a shelf.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Craig Kallman heard his demo tape and got on the phone and said, “I want to see him now.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Much of the current humanoid hype reflects scripted demos, human-controlled teleoperation, or task-specific automation, rather than real general-purpose autonomy, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

With its young band cutting demos on a four-track cassette recorder, “Nimrods” could have been set in 2026, 1996 or 1976 — phones and social media are practically nonexistent in the plot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

That leaves investors with a clearer path than the headlines suggest: own the platform for versality and flexibility, screen the suppliers for revenue, avoid paying up for the humanoid demos.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

While some games felt "like tech demos" according to Corey, others felt more substantial.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

This being a direct rather than a representative democracy, membership of the demos, or sovereign body, was by right rather than by election, and every decision was taken on a one-man, one-vote basis.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Grohl demoed more than 50 songs - typically in the middle of the night, many of them instrumental, touching on influences as diverse as Massive Attack, Pink Floyd and Bad Brains.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

When Musk returned to the stage a year later, he demoed a prototype called Bumblebee, with visible wires and actuators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

One of the launch partners that was demoed during the DevDay keynote was Canva, the graphic design application.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

The game was demoed to press with a wedding scene at E3 1999, and during the demo two female Sims kissed.

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

Wright demoed the songs from the “Dream Weaver” LP on an array of then-novel electronic instruments, which he’d gotten interested in shortly before leaving Spooky Tooth.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2023

At the Times Food Stage, Cassandra Peterson, known for her work as Elvira, will be demoing from her book “Elvira’s Cookbook From Hell.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

In a third, Jonathan Shobrook, a fellow, was demoing his product, Adrenaline, a tool that lets you ask natural-language questions of your code base.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

In exchange for demoing, I'd get free unlimited yoga classes.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2023

I’ve spent a couple of hours demoing all of the new features and the subsequent few days previewing some of the new designs in the beta that’s being released today.

From The Verge May 18, 2021

Kaname Hayashi will be demoing Lovot, a chick-like bot with large expressive eyes, flapping arms, wheels, and a wardrobe of clothes to cover its soft shell.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2019




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