prefix
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That prefix would also have to remind the AI to obey the laws of physics with wording like: “gravity and inertia respected—mass has real weight, correct contact shadows, no floating props.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The name, a play on the prefix in the region and Trump’s names, started as a joke.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
Sharks had been swimming in the culture before that, to be sure, often with the prefix “man-eating” appended, though men eat sharks too, and way more often — so who’s the real apex predator?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
The prefix was used to indicate which local authority issued the registration mark.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025
The prefix od- used in the second halfmonth is a reversive, giving a contrary meaning, so that Odgeteny might be translated as “undarkness.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing prefix
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Power Prefix: pre-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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