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environment

[en-vahy-ruhn-muhnt, -vahy-ern-] / ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, -ˈvaɪ ərn- /


NOUN
earth's system of natural resources
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This happened due to a misconfiguration in the testing environment, OpenAI said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Coprolites can preserve clues about an ancient animal's diet, digestive system, and environment.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

But Greenpeace UK's head of politics Ami McCarthy said protecting the environment and helping young people into work are "mutually beneficial and one shouldn't come at a cost to the other".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

On July 21, OpenAI confirmed that its software escaped a testing environment and attacked another company, Hugging Face.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

This is to prevent microbacteria and dust particles from entering my environment.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

“Our second-quarter results reflect a business that continues to execute across sales, development, and profitability despite navigating one of the most challenging cost environments we have faced in many years,” Chief Executive Rob Lynch said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

But the bank said that many simple AI tools can be deployed with beneficial results even in apparently unpromising environments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Chelicerates have become one of the most successful animal groups in both marine and terrestrial environments.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Because the cloth has been touched and exposed to different environments for centuries, the researchers said it is not possible to isolate any original DNA that may once have been present.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

But similar reasoning also applies to the diffusion of technological innovations, insofar as they are best suited without modification to specific environments.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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