object
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“The Bauhaus was always an object of political debate—even during the Cold War,” she said at her office in the Unesco-listed Bauhaus building at the edge of town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
McMahon said parents should be able to object when they believe AI isn’t helping their children, while acknowledging schools are still learning what effective AI education looks like.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Be careful not to put the extinguisher in a place where it could become a dangerous flying object in an accident.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The message is pretty clear: embodied AI has become the new object of desire."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“What’s that?” she asked Duane when he joined her in the room that contained the strange object.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
People, objects, and ideas passed through the community, and those interactions left physical traces that archaeologists can still identify centuries later.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The lot also included letters, manuscripts, photographs and personal objects preserved by the Hingorani family over generations.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They have recently reached a point where, in some circumstances, they can navigate in three-dimensional space and even manipulate objects autonomously with just a simple set of instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Like most objects in the universe, black holes are thought to spin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Year after year, aided by improved magnetometers that detected metal objects at deeper locations than ever before, more and more of the sunken vessel was uncovered.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
A bankruptcy court delayed approval of Google’s $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ data after former flight attendants objected, warning that the deal could violate worker privacy to feed artificial intelligence models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Justice Department last year fired its pardon attorney after she objected to restoring the gun rights of actor Mel Gibson, who pleaded no contest in 2011 to a misdemeanor battery charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The singer’s defense team objected to it being made public, but a judge denied their request to seal the document.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Leon Cannizzaro, the New Orleans district attorney at the time, objected, telling the court that his office did not purposefully withhold any evidence.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
‘But the Enemy holds the eastern bank,’ objected Boromir.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The visibly frail politician was objecting to state lawyers being appointed to represent him when he fell, prompting prison guards to rush him to hospital.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
While objecting to the subpoenas in court, the company simultaneously convinced the DOJ to drop the case, he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
South Carolina State University President Alexander Conyers commended the students for objecting “in a manner that reflects the importance of civic engagement and respectful discourse.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax, objecting to slavery and the Mexican War.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
What she was objecting to was Lola’s “because.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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