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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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The fact they still used their algorithm and went through all their normal steps says a lot about elite football in the modern day - and also the limitations of data alone.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Such direct relationships, he stressed, are the core asset of modern journalism, even as tech platforms continually insert themselves between news outlets and their readers and viewers through algorithm tweaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Obviously the most beloved gay bar in San Francisco isn’t engaging in human trafficking. So that algorithm needs a little tweak,” co-owner and general manager Rachel Ryan told the outlet Mission Local in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

For instance, an AI model could “create a better training algorithm and then apply this method to create a new model that is even better at coding or reasoning.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The algorithm guessed right more than 95 percent of the time.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The young competitor from Sichuan Province has mastered more than 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms after vigorous training that involved spending two to three hours a day on the cube over the past year.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the theory that the internet today is mostly bots, AI slop and corporate algorithms, while the human element is quickly disappearing from the web.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Social-media algorithms now drive content more based on users’ interest and less according to a creator’s follower count, boosting the reach of small creators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

We can imagine algorithms with godlike intelligence but not AI diplomacy?

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Less controversial is the contention that there are no clear-cut, easy algorithms that allow us to distinguish science from pseudoscience in all cases.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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