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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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“Airlines use an algorithm and cookies to assess rates and make changes,” Reynolds said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

"There isn't a life that Facebook's algorithm hasn't touched, and that influence has shaped everything. So it's time to say more," Sorkin told the event.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, taking inspiration and personnel from Barack Obama’s two election wins, was a data-heavy enterprise that relied on analytics — and, famously, an algorithm named Ada.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

This algorithm scanned all 20,000 human protein-coding genes to identify where prohormones could be cut into peptides.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Once she created her own algorithm to sort out the irrelevant photos from the streetcams, she had a full complement of surveillance videos.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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