upend
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In January 2025, Chinese startup DeepSeek shook the tech world with a low-cost, high-performance reasoning model that upended assumptions of US dominance in the sensitive sector.
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Better performance from defense companies is a worthy goal, but as the largest customer, the Defense Department could build in other pricing or performance incentives, without upending decades of capital market practice.
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It’s the latest plot twist in a takeover battle that is expected to upend the Hollywood pecking order.
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It’s the latest plot twist in a takeover battle that is expected to upend the Hollywood pecking order.
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But unless the courts are willing to upend clear precedent, none of these defenses will save him.
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