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centaur

[sen-tawr] / ˈsɛn tɔr /


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Hassabis believes we are now entering that centaur era of science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Air pollution is also unlikely for another reason; the centaur head has been indoors in Copenhagen since before the modern industrialization began in the 18th century.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

In another hall, art students sketched a sculpture of a centaur from the Parthenon Marbles.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

While the centaur and the mermaids went off to fetch Frank, Leo and Hazel floated above the hill and gazed down at the underwater camp.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

So far, Osborne has suggested returning a smaller portion of the frieze, as well as carvings of gods and centaurs, as a short-term loan, the person said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my!

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022

The centaurs have powers like the ability to become handsome for eight seconds, shoot tiny versions of themselves from their hoofs and other silly magical spells that will delight young children.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021

The corridor was flanked on both sides by marble statues of creatures: nymphs and dryads, armed centaurs, a unicorn.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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