workings

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It also highlights an underappreciated shift in the workings of the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Hundreds of legal documents unsealed in recent months as part of the OpenAI lawsuit have offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Silicon Valley elite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

This has been partly driven by DeepSeek's decision to make its systems open source, with their inner workings public -- in contrast to the proprietary models sold by OpenAI and other Western rivals.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Such a discovery has the potential to reshape our understanding of gravity, dark energy, and the fundamental workings of the Universe.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Adam and Lee hung over the exposed insides of the car while Will Hamilton, puffing under the burden of his new fat, explained the workings of a mechanism he did not understand himself.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck