inner workings

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There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026

"Observing gamma rays from supernovae will give us a new way to explore their inner workings."

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

The Players Alliance was founded a little over a year ago, with the mission of informing consumers about the inner workings of deals like the EA acquisition and preserving the gaming community.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The inner workings of frontier artificial-intelligence models from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and their competitors are trade secrets worth billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And the more he enticed Joe to talk, the more Pocock began to plumb the inner workings of this enigma of a boy.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown