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doing

[doo-ing] / ˈdu ɪŋ /


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Hilton, who has released several AI-generated campaign ads, criticized Sam Altman of OpenAI and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for doing little to earn the public’s trust on the fast-emerging technology.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“We are sitting on a ton of data,” he said, “but not really doing much with that data apart from what all the companies provide.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"It's so cool when it's something you've dreamed of doing since you were eight years old - and suddenly you're there," Shaw told BBC Sport.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Dentist Julian Pena said he "ran outside carrying nothing" after feeling strong tremors and found hundreds doing the same.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Ragginold wasn’t doing anything but eating a dead weed on a dead stump, and they were certainly not keeping him from that.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

But given the governing bodies’ reputation for shadowy financial doings, there are reasons to think much of the money will never be properly accounted for.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

The former governor has said he knew nothing about the doings of his secretary.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

She began the year facing a barrage of criticism over the city’s handling of the Palisades fire — her initial absence, her removal of an outspoken fire chief, the unpredictable doings of her recovery czar.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2025

That’s pretty much true of “La Syndicaliste,” a tangled if certainly watchable French true-crime drama about dirty political doings in the nation’s nuclear energy industry.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2023

I’d settled on the settee, watching her in the circle of light, after the big doings of the day.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck




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