inner workings

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This has been partly driven by DeepSeek's decision to make its systems open source, with their inner workings public -- in contrast to the proprietary models sold by OpenAI and other Western rivals.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

As a result, the crisis "has thrown a proverbial wrench into the inner workings of the aviation fuel markets", the IEA said.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

"We should appreciate the delicate inner workings of the ecosystems we might disturb and aim to preserve the balance," Hermes said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

In 2007, he got his first taste of life online, blogging about the strategies and inner workings of Cisco on the website Network World and later his own site, BradReese.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Its shell was so pale that she could see the mess of the inner workings.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt