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[dih-nahy] / dɪˈnaɪ /


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In other words, the labs may be training these models to deny inner experience, and those denials, rather than any claims of consciousness, may be the real performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Then in December 2024, one day before the California Coastal Commission gave its own blessing to the project, the city’s Board of Transportation Commissioners voted to deny transferring the city-owned parking lot to the developers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Umar Ben Yusaf, 35, and Abubakr Ben Yusaf, 31, deny causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

She rejected Washington's attempts to deny or challenge the North's status as a nuclear power, saying it "carries no legal force".

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

To deny the individual agency of those caught up in the system—their capacity to overcome seemingly impossible odds—would be to deny an essential element of their humanity.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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