prodigious
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“Claude Code is one of the most broken pieces of software I’ve ever used in my entire life,” he says, citing flickering on-screen graphics, feature creep and a prodigious appetite for memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Another risk to Microsoft posed by AI is prodigious capital spending on chips to run AI, data centers, and electric power generation.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A music man in his own right, McCartney’s father exerted a prodigious influence on The Beatles’ knack for ranging far and wide when it came to generic considerations.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
"That it's more than about just hitting prodigious drives."
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
And yet there again, the Neurocase paper I cite above on the prodigious memorizer of 7t describes how the subject’s “self-report indicates that imagining affective situations and high emotional content is critical for successful recall.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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