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essay

[es-ey, es-ey, e-sey, e-sey] / ˈɛs eɪ, ˈɛs eɪ, ɛˈseɪ, ɛˈseɪ /




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I mentioned him in the essay about people that I know who have died and I tried going into detail about our friendship and it just felt cheap to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

He named his firm Situational Awareness after the title of a lengthy essay he published in June 2024 arguing that effectively superhuman artificial intelligence could arrive as soon as 2027.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

She shared a version of this essay at the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

A former senior executive at Suncor Energy, Martha Hall Findlay, said in a newspaper essay the Pathways project would add significant costs, and that the Alberta oilsands accounts for 0.16% of global greenhouse gases.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She’s wearing that principal gaze, the kind of face one might make if they’re reading an essay consisting of nothing but misspelled words.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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