basic idea
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Their approaches differ, but the basic idea is the same: The chatbot remembers what you have told it and uses that to shape future responses.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The basic idea is these computers are now advancing technology and processing time and speed at an arc that is not commensurate with the arc of technological advancement over the past 100 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
It's an imperfect science but the basic idea to reach the net confidence number is the optimism score minus the pessimism score.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
The basic idea is to pay tax when you’re in a lower tax bracket.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 28, 2025
Perhaps only the basic idea is known: someone has succeeded, somehow, in achieving a certain final result.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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