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regurgitate

[ri-gur-ji-tayt] / rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt /


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The hypothetical orange juice documentary sounds interesting, but it has no value unless it can do more than regurgitate a Wikipedia article or a news story with a few worthless talking heads thrown in.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

AI matchmaking users have complained about limited prospect pools, generic descriptions of potential matches, and chatbots that simply regurgitate their preferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It isn’t enough for him to regurgitate all this bad history that’s been totally debunked, or to present this tendentious theory of the Constitution as though it’s obviously correct.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Too much of modern life is dominated by machines that can only regurgitate what has come before, says Bienvenu.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

I will need these words later, when I have to regurgitate them for exams, so I attempt to write them in my notebook, bending my head down close to the paper in order to see.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Gibson often regurgitates messages from personal finance and investing books that he reads, or from YouTube videos he watches about finance for beginners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Programming that simply regurgitates what people already see, hear, and believe in their own lives is not, by any definition, “news” or even new.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026

The 1995 Korean War Veterans Memorial is centered on figurative sculptures; the 2004 World War II Memorial regurgitates classical architectural banalities — arches, pylons and wreaths — on a scale worthy of Albert Speer.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

The ruminant regurgitates cud from the reticulum, chews it, and swallows it into a third stomach, the omasum, which removes water.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Google's AI Overview regurgitated the allegation when it was prompted by the disinformation watchdog NewsGuard.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Smaller accounts regurgitated Owens’ claims in their own videos, with no apparent value added.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Watching AI-generated content, which is regurgitated again and again, fed to a zombie audience that no longer cares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

"We voted for the second time last week and turned down their regurgitated offer, but the minister came back this week with a few more empty promises," one said.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025

Maybe three seconds later she started to heave, literally almost regurgitated into my mouth.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

What AI does with words it devours is different from just copying and regurgitating the content verbatim, so many people consider it fair use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Does being faithful mean regurgitating an author’s words?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

They are most comfortable when regurgitating talking points and platitudes.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2024

ChatGPT could not start regurgitating harmful or illegal material it happened to find newly uploaded to the net in response to a query.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023

The woman sounds like a machine regurgitating information.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez


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