discretion
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Schiff’s new bill mandates that a human has full discretion over weapons using AI, and increasing transparency and review requirements for the Pentagon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
When looking at companies that clear those bars, the index committee then has discretion over which companies to include and may informally consider factors like sector weightings when doing so.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The district court judge had no discretion to impose a lesser sentence, though he maintained misgivings about the prosecution’s evidence.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
Players are only allowed to take up to 25 seconds between points, but umpires can use their discretion as to when to start the shot clock while the crowd settles down.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father’s hints, his mother-in-law’s guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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