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holding pattern

NOUN
waiting path or place
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Aided by massive datasets, machines evolved from simply following rigid instructions to recognizing patterns and making autonomous decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It was psychotic and compulsive, but eventually I started recognizing patterns in his voice and the kind of tics and bits he was doing, and then embodying them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Wherever it is a matter of recognizing patterns in large data volumes, it is expected that machines will bring great benefit to humanity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

This new AI technique works by recognizing patterns across the composition of various samples and categorizing them as living or nonliving based on what it "knows" about patterns of biotic or abiotic objects.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023

“He was recognizing patterns no one else was seeing.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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