dichotomous
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The dichotomous promise of AI was always this: boom or doom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the paper, the authors argued that stress amplifies dichotomous thinking — essentially a black and white worldview.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Stepping in for Mena, Dudamel, who assumes his Philharmonic post in 2026, led, in his only subscription concert appearances this season, a dichotomous program of dazzling crowd-pleasers and a thorny modernist work with utmost finesse.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
“People are perceiving the pandemic in a dichotomous view,” he said, adding, “Some feel it’s over and we are there. Others feel we must remain vigilant forever. The reality is in between the two poles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
Thallus thick, more or less channelled, dichotomous, innovating from the apex, with thick epidermis, closely areolate and porose-scabrous above, purple and more or less scaly beneath; gemmæ none.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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