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Amodei’s essay “We Must Pace the Frontier” addressed those concerns by urging the AI industry to build new capabilities at a slower rate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Zuckerberg first described his vision for “personal superintelligence” last year and previewed Muse in an August essay where he spoke of “putting power in people’s hands to pursue their own aspirations.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Allegedly, somewhere out there De Palma’s original three-hour cut exists, one that so impressed Ellroy that he devoted an entire essay to singing its praises called “The Hillikers.”

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Over the weekend, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, published an essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier,” calling for an industrywide effort to slow AI development.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

It had been at the beginning of fifth grade, when their teacher had had them take selfies to illustrate an essay about “My favorite place to read.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Some recited Whanki's essays, while a local shaman performed a "healing ritual".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Published by the editors of Life magazine, the volume included stunning photos and heartfelt essays documenting the terrorist attack and its aftermath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Next month, Counterpoint Press will posthumously release “Dispatches From Rural America,” a collection of 15 essays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

An immigrant from India, he is at work on a collection of essays and a book on the creative process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“And you won’t believe the essays they want us to write.”

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

In the second cast, Christine Shevchenko fell far short of Ms. Teuscher’s finesse, but she essayed the opening “Preghiera” movement with more of its requisite lilt and shimmer than Ms. Teuscher did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

That section essayed — at the very least — to disqualify from federal office the Civil War rebels and, prospectively, anyone who tried to do the same thing again.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2023

Meanwhile, dos Santos — with an army of around 100,000 troops, many with years of jungle combat experience — essayed a role as a regional power broker, starting with neighboring countries.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

Her win was celebrated especially as a triumph for women who don’t readily fit into a social mold, given the wide-ranging and often risky roles Youn has essayed since she began acting in 1966.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2021

"You got to go, Ralph. You go away now-" He wagged his spear and essayed fierceness.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Two other Scandinavian greats, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann, couldn’t resist essaying a part that passionately called out to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Here, Sinatra is clearly stretching the limits of what was possible for a popular singer—one can’t imagine any of his predecessors or contemporaries essaying a work as long and complex as this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

The actress was a member of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1972-75, essaying Lady Macbeth in 1972.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020

Like all reflective objects though, the act of essaying has a twoness about it.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020

He had a strong head, and given so much as a drain pipe would have no hesitation in essaying the descent, but the mass of ivy hid everything from view.

From What a Man Wills by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey