distillation
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A perfect distillation of Parton’s themes and craftsmanship, where melancholy and resilience fight it out in the empty spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He also noted claims that Chinese companies have used distillation techniques to build off of models based in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some critics argue Anthropic itself has built models through a process that resembles distillation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Earlier this year Anthropic sent letters to US lawmakers warning about the practice, formally accusing Chinese firms Moonshot, DeepSeek and MiniMax of industrial-scale distillation of its Claude models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Also present are gunpowder, the clock, silk weaving, distillation and the saddle with stirrups.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing distillation
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