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de novo

[dee noh-voh, dey, dih, de noh-woh] / di ˈnoʊ voʊ, deɪ, dɪ, dɛ ˈnoʊ woʊ /




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AI for the quantitative world is something else entirely, focusing on creating novel medical treatments, de novo material science, and advanced risk management and portfolio construction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"These de novo or reference-guided assemblers are pretty well-established tools that entail a whole operational pipeline with repeat detection or structural variants' identification being just some of their functionalities," Segarra said.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

The drug works by impairing one arm of purine production, the "de novo" pathway.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

“Currently … it goes through a de novo review before an administrative law judge, which means a new body of records is created,” she explains.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 28, 2023

In addition to these five areas where food production definitely arose de novo, four others—Africa’s Sahel zone, tropical West Africa, Ethiopia, and New Guinea—are candidates for that distinction.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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