furthered

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A string of high-profile layoff announcements in which executives have attributed steep job cuts to AI have furthered Americans’ mistrust of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Workday’s stock has been beaten down by artificial-intelligence fears, and Tuesday’s earnings report only furthered those concerns.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

The Civic Memory Working Group that has recently furthered this effort left the city with a list of other historical obligations as yet unmet, challenging issues in the region’s past that remain unresolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

At the sentencing, the FBI’s assistant director in charge, David Sundberg thanked "the brave women who shared information that furthered this investigation".

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

The fact that they were exactly alike, that they were surrounded by the same barren hard-packed earth, furthered the illusion.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry