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destroy

[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /


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Like a calculator, they say, AI is a tool that can expand our curiosity rather than destroy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

However, once metal interconnects are already present in a completed circuit layer, such temperatures would destroy them.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Weather feeds us, it can destroy us — it rules our existence, he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"We are constantly grappling with the challenges posed by the sheer scale of these territories... and the organizations' capacity to rapidly rebuild what we destroy."

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Like my favorite pet just died or an asteroid is slowly coming to destroy Earth—even though none of that is happening.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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