semantic

Example Sentences

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Despite frontier AI labs and tech competitors hiring forward-deployed engineers or discussing AI-powered “semantic layers,” Foundry is much more complex than a simple semantic layer over a data lake, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 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

Examples include the rules that govern punctuation, complex forms of agreement, and fine semantic distinctions between uncommon words like militate and mitigate and credible and credulous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker