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"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Another factor: Nscale is still negotiating with Nvidia and other investors to provide financial backing for a $45 billion data center for Anthropic in West Virginia, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Hyperscalers in that group are at the center of “the AI storm.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Their attention focused on the foveola, a tiny region at the very center of the retina.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
About noontime I put down my knitting and went out to the center room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The investigation centers on Bacteroides fragilis, a bacterium that can be found in the intestines of up to 20% of healthy people.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
“Nvidia needs the U.S. government to trust that vetting, both for its business with Southeast Asian data centers that rent computing power to Chinese companies, and for any future sales to China,” Chang said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
County Charter Amendment A centers on labor negotiations for key public safety personnel in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Shopping centers, chain restaurants, stadiums, and commercial developments lie to the north of the cities, along Interstate Highway 2, reflecting the transition from the once primarily agricultural community to a growing metropolitan hub.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Some or all of these centers may actually comprise several nearby centers where food production arose more or less independently, such as North China’s Yellow River valley and South China’s Yangtze River valley.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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For years, one prominent explanation centered on supernovae, the powerful explosions that occur when certain stars reach the ends of their lives.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Side 2 launches with “Sunspot Baby,” a honky-tonk blues centered on a duplicitous girlfriend who bails on the protagonist, leaving him with a maxed-out credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
When Raman asks him what can be done to keep the entertainment industry centered in Los Angeles, Chandrasekaran said he often steers her to the leaders of his union, the Writers Guild of America West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"One is centered on the land, life, spirituality, and worldview," he said, while the other "sees the land as a business opportunity."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Farmer, the anthropologist, designed his own study centered on a random group of about two hundred women in Cange.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The story, centering on the rise and fall of a Westish infield prodigy, is rich in love, camaraderie and allusions to Herman Melville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent financial regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Her manager told her that people would probably be more interested in her memoir before a series centering on magic and dragons, so she started writing her own story two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“This is centering the chi,” Miss Lizzy say.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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