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dossier

[dos-ee-ay, -ee-er, daw-see-ay, -see-er, daw-syay] / ˈdɒs iˌeɪ, -i ər, ˈdɔ siˌeɪ, -si ər, dɔˈsjeɪ /


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Her later chapters can read like a dossier proving a point already made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Speaking of obsession, Keen Umbehr sold off family property so he could close his law practice to work on the case; the couple created a 200-page dossier against one person they suspected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The dossier was later published without permission by the website Buzzfeed in 2017.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Two years later, a reporter at the Times Higher Education—a respected specialized media that focuses on the university sector—investigated Arday and put together a 97-page dossier of evidence of his plagiarism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I found an unlabeled video link at the bottom of her dossier, and when I selected it, a live vidfeed of a small suburban house appeared on my display.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Anthropic says the actors used Claude to ingest information in multiple languages, monitor social media, map organizations and individuals, and produce state-security-style intelligence dossiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Anthropic said the operation compiled what it described as "counter-accountability dossiers" on UN special rapporteurs who had criticised the UAE's conduct in Sudan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

According to the court documents, ICE previously relied on the dossiers — known as “target folders” — to carry out targeted arrests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

And recently, rapidly advancing artificial-intelligence technologies that can analyze the massive digital dossiers about us and infer nearly everything about us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

We weren't allowed to discuss our instructions in the weeks leading up to the carnaval, but Amber and I had swapped our dossiers.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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