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[stuhd-ee] / ˈstʌd i /






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In 2024, the company hired its first researcher to study “model welfare,” conducting experiments exploring the subjective experiences and potential consciousness of AI, and whether it requires moral consideration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

A possible £450m deal to subsidise university study for EU students in the UK in return for access to a trade deal leads the Guardian.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

A 2023 study by economists Burkhard Heer, Vito Polito and Michael R. Wickens measured “pension space”—the headroom governments have to fund pensions through labor taxes before hitting revenue-destroying ceilings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Such a wanton, helpless display of pride makes for a character study as gripping as it is frustrating.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

But I don’t have a place for any of these study guides and folders.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

As I type, two studies and a clinical trial are ongoing to affirm how Shingrix may impact dementia, cardiovascular disorders, and major adverse cardiac events.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Nežič focused on comets with polarised light for his studies and years later is "still" talking about space.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Although the investigators brought together data from multiple studies and geographic regions, the participants may not fully represent the broader population.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

One of Green’s students in African American studies, 23-year-old Kioi Shropshire-Maina, also works as a Bass volunteer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

We sit in silence for a minute, and I start to feel warm as Naano studies my face and adjusts the thin scarf that covers her hair.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

That makes it a potentially valuable testing ground for theories in which time is not assumed to exist independently of the system being studied.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

He studied at Bristol Old Vic Drama School beginning in 1957, making his professional acting debut two years later.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Volatility subindexes haven’t existed that long, but fund managers who have studied the so-called “Low Beta Anomaly” have shown that entire decades—the 1930s, 1970s and 2000s—were good times to own boring stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Endeavour was Olivas’ first encounter with any space shuttle, and he studied the spacecraft closely in the wake of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A worry was growing somewhere in my head as I studied the layout again.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

People I spoke with lamented a childhood filled with academic stress: cram school tutoring, studying well into the night and China’s make-or-break gaokao university entrance examination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

By studying a much larger group of patients, they hope to uncover more of the rare genetic changes capable of producing aggressive cancer and accelerate the development of personalized treatments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Virzi, a one-time doctoral candidate at UC San Diego studying clinical psychology, traveled to Pittsburgh in June 2024 to meet the twins and spend time with her best friend’s growing family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

She is now a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, studying environmental research and community work.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Or, rather, if you were only depressed while doing your rounds and pretending to be interested in practicing, as opposed to studying, medicine?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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