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societal

[suh-sahy-i-tl] / səˈsaɪ ɪ tl /


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She added that they were being "blamed and scapegoated for every societal ill".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

The new model for AI deployment will be more democratized, with societal benefits that are widely shared and where companies avoid dependency on a small group of frontier models, he said in the interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Nostalgia for Broadway’s golden age is proving to be a potent societal anesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Seven in 10 high-school students and new graduates believed AI’s societal impact in the next decade would be more negative than positive, according to a National Society of High School Scholars survey.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Intensified food production and societal complexity stimulate each other, by autocatalysis.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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