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Open-weight models, which anyone can download and run on his own hardware and strip of their safety controls, trail the closed frontier by mere months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The ticket was a mere $40 on StubHub, and I wanted to see the show.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
Nightmare creatures from the netherworld feast on the worries of mere mortals, he explains, and so he invites guests to unload some of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The mere fact of the US-born pontiff entering Zana means "we are already more than blessed," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
The mere thought of anything like that ever happening to Mami and Baby made me feel sick and panicky.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
It’s funny how, being so expert at playing grand narcissists, you retreat from the merest hint of self-promotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
"Lapwood's music was evocative, deploying the organ's entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
Evan looked up, his eyes showing the merest interest.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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