emergent

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“To frame the discussion, 25 to 30 years ago, the key emergent risk was corporate credit risk,” he said, noting out that the U.S. federal government “actually ran some surpluses then.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Each emergent media platform is a delivery system for fresh makeover narratives.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

In the world of emergent technology—namely quantum computing—that’s an unfortunate truth.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Frontier AI systems are exhibiting emergent psychological properties nobody explicitly trained them to have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

He leaned toward them and said, “In object-oriented programming, discrete software objects interfaced more freely, in a system of corporate service provision that mirrored the emergent structures of late capitalism.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson