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elicit

[ih-lis-it] / ɪˈlɪs ɪt /


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AI cannot read the news to discern either the meaning of news or the emotions it will likely elicit.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

At the time, watching these videos didn’t elicit nausea or repulsion in Jemima—they came across as amusing.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Crucially at the time I was not able to elicit acute psychotic symptoms.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The diminutive works gathered here show that a poverty of space doesn’t impede an artist’s ability to elicit a big response.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It took a while for the doctor to revive her husband and even longer to elicit, through the man’s broken English, what he’d said that so enraged his wife.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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