distilled

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The Oxford Companion to Art, an old owl distilled in its praise, calls the English artist Thomas Gainsborough “an independent and original genius.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“So much of our creativity in this town is distilled into capitalistic value,” Bhabha says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

That Kimi-K2.5 called itself Claude is “very likely” a sign that the model was distilled from Claude outputs, according to Nathan Lambert, post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

The animals received oral doses of flavanols at 25 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg of body weight, while a control group was given distilled water.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

It’s sharp and organic, as if whatever life-forms that were distilled by time into the tar haven’t entirely finished decomposing.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman