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swipe

[swahyp] / swaɪp /






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Many legacy dating apps already use AI to enhance their swipe algorithms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

He then explained that by swiping left, calls are placed in the stack requiring further triage by a nurse or paramedic, but a swipe right means they're in the wait for an ambulance.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Unlike other dating apps, Grindr users don’t swipe through profiles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

Because the generative-AI smarts will just be there, through a “Hey Siri” or a swipe down from the top, Siri AI will open the door for anyone who hasn’t bothered to download ChatGPT or Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

With a swift, bearlike swipe, she grabbed the dog and held him by the scruff of the neck with one hand.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

"You've only got a few seconds before someone swipes past the message you're trying to deliver".

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

The Mastercard of the IPO era was all about card swipes — not dips and taps — and “our main focus was cash displacement,” said Jorn Lambert, the company’s chief product officer.

From MarketWatch May 25, 2026

Spread across the sculpted dash contours is an extra widescreen display, combining the driver information center and center touch-screen functions, its field of crisply animated icons and graphics navigated with the usual swipes and taps.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

The selloff began after Anthropic announced that its Claude Code tool could automate the modernization of COBOL, a decades-old programming language that underpins most ATM transactions and in-person credit card swipes.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

She swipes her fingers across her eyes, and my brain just unravels.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

At the other end, she swiped the ball from a driving player, drove to the arc and hit a pull-up 3-pointer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Records indicate that the four-bedroom beach house was swiped off the market in June, having undergone a $550,000 price cut the previous month.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

But the crowd were left gasping in anguish as Gauff, approaching the net, swiped the ball into the tape.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Shredded rotisserie chicken, swiped with Boursin and tucked into the puff pastry you “always keep in the freezer” in case someone drops by with Champagne?

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

One hand swiped at nothing but empty swamp air.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

A deepening exhaustion with dating apps has pushed many to look beyond swiping.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"People are realising constant swiping isn't actually leading to real-world dates, which only heightens dating fatigue," said Ryan.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Some singles are turning to AI-trained matchmakers as they burn out on swiping.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Employees are still coffee badging, the practice of swiping into the office and sticking around long enough to have a cup of coffee before heading out to finish the workday at home or elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

You know you’re creepy as hell for swiping his address label, right?

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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