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deceptively

[dih-sep-tiv-lee] / dɪˈsɛp tɪv li /




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The San Francisco-based AI lab also accused Chinese developers of deceptively using Claude to produce responses to user queries while simultaneously "distilling" that data to improve their own models.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

It was a deceptively idyllic setting for what authorities say is continued lawbreaking and peril, which authorities just can’t seem to quash.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Last September, Amazon paid $2.5 billion to settle allegations that it deceptively tricked consumers into Amazon Prime subscriptions and made cancelling them excessively difficult.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

"Many species spend most of their lives beneath the leaf litter, and even when they emerge they can look deceptively similar," he added.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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