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Example Sentences
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The 47-year-old denies all wrongdoing, and has previously said the allegations against him - which have not yet been assessed at a criminal standard - are "egregious" and "spiteful".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Training the neuro-symbolic model required only 1% of the energy used by a standard VLA system.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
While federal officials declined to comment on the claim itself, some stressed that Phillips’ work record is otherwise standard, leaving observers to reconcile the unusual story with his professional background.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Such chips are the current gold standard for processors used in artificial-intelligence data centers, smartphones and self-driving cars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Despite recent efforts to locate the title in the twentieth century, they comprised, by any informed and fair-minded standard, the greatest generation of political talent in American history.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.