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demo

[dem-oh] / ˈdɛm oʊ /
NOUN
audition
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Dailey explained the demo, and Cook paused in what Dailey described as a “terrifying” moment of thought.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Considering I physically jumped out of my seat at one point playing the demo when avoiding the Alien, it's safe to say Creative Assembly will once again be ratcheting up the tension with the sequel.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

In a demo, the robot was shaky and slow, with laundry getting stuck on its claw-like hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It was there that she persuaded DJ Michael Kamins to play the demo of Everybody, securing her first record deal.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

I wasn’t up for watching Buzz’s demo reel or hearing about the friendly-faced Buddha she needed for the Tibetan prayer room she was designing.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

“There would be like skateboarding demos, there would be cool stuff going on, but my sister was just with all the grown-ups, and she preferred it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

He founded the Modern Lovers in 1970 in Natick, Mass., and recorded demos in 1971 and ’72.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

"I went to London and one of the first demos I recorded was Lost in France and then I was on Top Of The Pops."

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

That leaves investors with a clearer path than the headlines suggest: own the platform for versality and flexibility, screen the suppliers for revenue, avoid paying up for the humanoid demos.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

This being a direct rather than a representative democracy, membership of the demos, or sovereign body, was by right rather than by election, and every decision was taken on a one-man, one-vote basis.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

When Musk returned to the stage a year later, he demoed a prototype called Bumblebee, with visible wires and actuators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

GoDaddy demoed the AI app builder, agentic workflows for core small and midsize customers, and Airo for WordPress professionals.

From Barron's Dec. 6, 2025

Both nominations recognise Now and Then, a song that John Lennon demoed in the 1970s, and which was finally completed by his surviving bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr last year.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2025

Wright demoed the songs from the “Dream Weaver” LP on an array of then-novel electronic instruments, which he’d gotten interested in shortly before leaving Spooky Tooth.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2023

In early October, Tesla demoed Optimus, its humanoid robot.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2022

At the Times Food Stage, Cassandra Peterson, known for her work as Elvira, will be demoing from her book “Elvira’s Cookbook From Hell.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

That's what researchers demoing experimental tech at Warwick University's Festival of Innovation are hoping to find out.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2025

In a third, Jonathan Shobrook, a fellow, was demoing his product, Adrenaline, a tool that lets you ask natural-language questions of your code base.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

They took their food processors on the road, demoing the quick work they could made of the labor-intensive, classical French techniques in style at the time.

From Salon Dec. 5, 2021

Microsoft only spent 11 seconds of its 49 minute event demoing the Surface Pro 8 without a peripheral you’ll need to pay extra for.

From The Verge Sep. 22, 2021




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