- present participle of mean.
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However, the opt-out only applies to individual streams, meaning creators' content could still be used for AI training when they appear in a stream where the feature remains enabled.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He thinks investors are currently “underweight” the stock, meaning Nvidia is less represented in portfolios than it is in the broader market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Kuwaiti, Iraqi and Emirati officials said some tankers are getting through under separate arrangements with Iran, meaning not all of the traffic is moving under U.S. protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The scientists have proposed "Syrax mountain horned dragon" as its English common name, along with a Thai name that carries the same meaning.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Eusie had given him the Hebrew name Maher Shalal Hashbaz, meaning appropriately enough, “hastening to the spoils, hurrying to the prey.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Washington monument is both architecture and sculpture, a powerful symbol with layered meanings for different generations from Washington’s time to ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
You get a little tetchy when it comes to laying out the meanings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
In order to understand what is going on here it helps to know that ‘hypothesis’ had three distinct technical meanings in the Middle Ages.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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