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ferreting out



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For litigators, it has created a new imperative: ferreting out citations that have been fabricated by AI bots in their own court filings — and their adversaries’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Twitter has drastically reduced its staff focused on ferreting out misinformation, hate speech and extremist content since it was bought by Elon Musk.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023

At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, Manville claimed that she's not too shabby at ferreting out information herself.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022

As passive index-tracking has allowed most investors to disengage from corporate boards, the market needs more investors willing to spend the time and money ferreting out information and identifying undervalued companies.

From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2022

Does he prompt a laugh that makes it hard to focus on ferreting out the mystery?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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