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hood

[hood] / hʊd /


NOUN
a covering for vehicles and the like
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Under the hood, chatbots and the A.I. bots they power are nothing but a series of static math computations strung together in rapid succession.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

LeBron James is now a fancy hood ornament on a broken-down jalopy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

"Handin' out turkeys on camera inside of your hood, then you go back to the hills," he raps on one track.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Instead of battling for control of the screen, Wall decided, QNX could own the software under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

His hood droops farther forward when he touches his forehead to his knees.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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