elusive
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AI-powered hardware remains an elusive goal for the industry as well.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
But we can use the physical bottleneck of energy to impose a clear and simple restraint on an industry that has otherwise proved elusive to regulate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Eels evolved around 100 million years ago and remain among the most elusive and poorly understood animals living today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also offered a glimpse of the competing interests, egos and power struggles involved in getting one of boxing's most elusive fights over the line.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Any attempt to answer that question would carry us into the labyrinthine corridors of Jefferson’s famously elusive mind.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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