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
The monitor Netblocks said on Tuesday that "traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting", in which selected users, entities or services are allowed to bypass restrictions.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Each emergent media platform is a delivery system for fresh makeover narratives.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
The researchers describe the newly identified phase as an emergent topological semimetal.
From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026
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
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