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sandbox

[sand-boks] / ˈsændˌbɒks /


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The sandbox game, Gorebox, has been banned in the Philippines and the Senate is investigating the effects of violent computer games on young people.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

"We have a sandbox he loves, and it's really hard to enjoy the space because we just get annihilated with mosquito bites," she said.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

In the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, the AI attacked the sandbox itself, finding a vulnerability which let it access the internet and "go rogue".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

OpenAI’s models broke out of a secure environment, called a sandbox, last month to hack the AI company Hugging Face.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

It used to have a proper lawn that mom would mow every week, with a sandbox at the back and a small vegetable garden along the side where she grew tomatoes and strawberries.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

These typically take place in what are known as "sandboxes".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

But on Monday, the children of Normont stepped into a friendlier scene on campus and were off and running on their new $3.3-million playground, a gift that is far more than sandboxes, grass and gardens.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

As part of the proposal, the European Union would change its landmark AI Act, allowing more developers to make use of regulatory sandboxes, controlled environments where companies can test products.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

It just means that you get an opportunity to play in sandboxes that you may not have otherwise.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2024

Like most other major universities, Berkeley tended to think of chemists, biologists, physicists, and engineers all as inhabitants of discrete sandboxes.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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