semantic

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In the semantic task, they recalled brand details based on prior knowledge.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

But the distinction between task repricing—when technology can take over all or part of a task—and job destruction isn’t semantic, it is economic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

They can be short-term or long-term, semantic or episodic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Meanwhile, characters keep hammering Hank about whether he’s a real killer; the actual definition becomes semantic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

To an extent this is a semantic conversation.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel