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At its essence, AI sees patterns that defy human comprehension—and that of most other technologies—to quickly create powerful synthesized knowledge.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Computer learning will, in essence, turn somewhat retro with classes using alternative options such as laptop carts or computer lab models.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
The essence of Greenspan was distrust of any single “ism.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
In 1946, the wildly prolific Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős asked, in essence, how to place dots on a tabletop so that the greatest number of pairs of dots are the same distance apart.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
The word that captured the essence of the Virginians’ political mentality was consolidation, as in “the dreaded consolidation that was denied by the friends of the new government, when it was under consideration.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Unit 2: Pivotal Words and Phrases
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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