align
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These particles could align with Earth's magnetic field and behave like microscopic compass needles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Disney is reportedly planning a restructuring of its TV operations to better align with the demands of streaming.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The allegations against Ross raised in the affidavit appear to align with claims his ex-girlfriend, influencer Jazzma Kendrick, levied against the rapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Performance-based compensation can offer a rational and effective means to define and align adviser and investor goals,” the SEC’s Atkins said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
When observation fails to align with a truth, what do you trust—your senses or your truth?
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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For Samantha, she said what makes headlines rarely aligns with her own experience at Burning Man.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The issue for OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech giants is that no one seems to have cracked the so-called alignment problem - in other words, whether AI aligns with human values.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“What aligns them is a sense of disruption and optimism that they will be able to change the way politics are done in a way the other parties can’t.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said the 143 trillion yen sum, equivalent to $917.85 billion, aligns with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to reduce dependence on supplementary budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I watch as she aligns her two yellow pencils.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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“One of my principles is, speak your mind in the room, and then be aligned outside the room, right?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dots are powered by GPT-6 Astra, which OpenAI calls its most capable and aligned model, trained to refuse “harmful requests.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic and other major AI developers have promised to prioritize making models that have safety guardrails to mitigate risks and that are also aligned with human values.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
With impressive box defenders, dangerous counter-attackers and set-piece specialists, their tactics can align with their players' strengths, helping them compete against more less aligned opponents, irrespective of their wealth gap.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
We’d aligned ourselves with different foundations and food suppliers to install six thousand salad bars in school cafeterias and were recruiting local chefs to help schools serve meals that were not just healthy but tasty.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The characters grapple with the difficulty of aligning their moral callings with the competitive nature of professional success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Evan Hubinger, who leads the division of Anthropic aimed at aligning AI models to human interests, added fuel to concerns this week in a post that substantiated Coxon’s concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"What Egypt is seeking is strategic autonomy: not breaking with Washington, not aligning completely with Beijing, but creating enough room to pursue its own national interests," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
There are pitfalls to aligning too closely however, as Reading and Charlton Athletic have previously discovered.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Once it reached the port's retractor mechanism, the automated system clamped on to the boom and pulled it in, aligning and orienting the probe automatically.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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