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Example Sentences
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The hope had been that the drug—called pelacarsen—would take on an insidious cause of heart attacks and strokes that has eluded treatment for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Their report said using AI scribes could result in "cognitive offloading" for clinicians - which means the tools take on some of their mental effort.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Generative AI can synthesize and extrapolate in valuable ways, but it also can produce wrong answers or take on tasks that educators would see as inappropriate or counterproductive — such as writing papers for students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
And that’s an important warning for all investors — including the vast numbers who don’t want to take on the risks and hassles of actually gambling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
I want my first steps into my new life to be ones I take on my own.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
