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alignment

[uh-lahyn-muhnt] / əˈlaɪn mənt /


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It highlights 11 domains to watch right now, including chip design, cybersecurity, biology, finance, legal, quant trading, recursive self-improvement, hardware design, materials science, alignment and software engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Alex Adams, Africa programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said Kabila's appointment as rebel leader could bring his interests into alignment with those of Rwanda's president, even though their objectives differ.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Brussels and Ottawa are working on forging unprecedented levels of cooperation, including on AI policy alignment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The problem partly stems from a long-predicted surge in peak high tides, caused by a particular alignment of the Earth, moon and sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

I feel empowered and I kick her shoes out of alignment, and I’m amazed that such a small action could feel so good.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Mr. Netanyahu has directed Israel’s diplomacy for 16 of the past 17 years, resulting in many formal and informal alignments with nations that had long been among Israel’s sworn enemies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Wielding a pocket Allen wrench, her colleague Estefany Rodriguez adjusted seat heights and brake handle alignments on Vivian’s new ride.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Although such alignments are unlikely at any given moment, Titan's outward migration sometimes creates these resonances.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026

“But on any given day, financial investors are in fact oblivious to fundamental shifts in global alignments or worrying attacks on U.S. institutions,” he writes.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

The general rise in affluence had obscured the traditional class markers and distorted the old class-based political alignments.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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