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[ling-gwis-tik] / lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk /


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Critics question whether automated systems can reliably identify inconsistencies in a country with vast linguistic and social diversity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Georgieva subsequently used the phrase “the nonhuman intellect” to avoid a linguistic controversy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

It is an awfully benign linguistic formulation for something that means “The machines are in charge and no longer paying attention to the humans.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I was previously unfamiliar with the Iranian artists in the show, and I’m sure I missed many cultural and linguistic references in their works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In the absence of written records, the evidence of those prehistoric replacements must be sought in the archaeological record or inferred from linguistic evidence.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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