enable
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The partners said their work would enable the build-out across Nvidia’s “ecosystem,” including frontier AI labs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Meta’s previous move to make teen accounts more secure didn’t require parental controls, though it gave parents the ability to enable extra restrictions, such as time limits, and to monitor their children’s social connections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Oman, which sits on the other side of Hormuz from Iran, has been discussing with Tehran a temporary transit corridor to enable traffic to resume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Together, these tools enable GPS-independent navigation while also helping the spacecraft track activity and objects in its surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Physical tools enable you to act in the world: a saw cuts through wood, and a hammer drives home nails.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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And faster generation, Nvidia said, enables agents to get more done while “maintaining a responsive user experience.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dae’Quan Wright and Jack Pyburn are being courted by LSU despite NFL ties, thanks to a court ruling that enables some players to return for a fifth college season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"It also lets us ask where genome evolution might go next and enables us to identify key measures for the conservation of animal biodiversity."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Six councils have been granted two-year "funding realignment powers", which enables them to increase council tax beyond the 5% threshold.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Treating differences as a threat enables one society to dehumanize the other.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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But public officials say the law also enabled aggressive trial lawyers and alleged fraudsters in a state where local governments have big incentives to settle civil suits, even without fully vetting abuse claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
However, the opt-out only applies to individual streams, meaning creators' content could still be used for AI training when they appear in a stream where the feature remains enabled.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
While the exhibit is enabled by the entwined ubiquity of the English language and the internet, the artists know these technologies aren’t transparent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
This enabled the scientists to test whether those neurons were actually required for semaglutide to produce its lasting effects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
He said that the quick decipherment enabled him “to avoid the systematic errors which invariably arise from prolonged reflection.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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An early employee of a pioneering software development company, he became its CEO and main shareholder, enabling his major philanthropic support of international educational programs and his ambitious and informed collecting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, “harnesses” refer to the process of “providing the AI model with access to non-AI software and capabilities,” thus enabling agents to execute tasks, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
This week, there was a major breakthrough when DNA provided by her sister, Burks, was determined to be a match, enabling investigators to finally identify the 1995 victim as Lydia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peacebuilding activist Eva Khair told the Security Council that "although they have denied such allegations, external actors are enabling this catastrophe."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The complex workings of living beings can be perceived in terms of these layers: physics enabling chemistry, and chemistry enabling physiology.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Unit 1: Ecological Systems
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