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model

[mod-l] / ˈmɒd l /




NOUN
person, thing that poses
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VERB
display, pose
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Frenemies: Longtime foes Meta and Apple teamed up to put a new open-weight AI model on Macs, giving developers new way to run sophisticated AI locally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

But now, that model is coming under pressure.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Economists say that China's economy must shift towards a more sustainable growth model powered more by domestic consumption than traditional drivers like construction, property development and exports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Despite this expectation, scientists still struggle to model the final stages of these mergers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Long Beach Savings was the first existing bank to adopt what was called the “originate and sell” model.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The bigger picture is that as the market for data center financing matures and a wider variety of bonds and business models come to market, investors might be differentiating more between credits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

In common with other AI firms, it is seeking to position itself as being able to generate huge profits despite spending billions on developing the technology and building infrastructure to power its models.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

At the moment most computer models take the centre of the low pressure system across the south of the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Comparing these models allowed the team to examine how TIMP2 influences immune cell behavior in both healthy and aging brains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

It is seldom, indeed, an English face comes so near the antique models as did his.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A recent presentation of DWP’s long-term power plan modeled rates reaching 71.1 cents per kWh by 2044.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The study was supposed to be one of the most closely watched updates from Argenx next year, and UBS had modeled peak annual sales for Vyvgart in Sjogren’s at $3.5 billion, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

On the nearby Mojave South section of the San Andreas fault, modeled stress has reached 2.8 MPa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is one of around 40 similar lawsuits brought by cities, states, tribes and other local jurisdictions, modeled on successful litigation against tobacco and opioid producers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Charles modeled his own book after Paley’s, because he wanted The Origin to have the same effect on others that Paley’s had had on him when he first read it at Cambridge.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

It is modelled on the School Holiday Food Grant scheme introduced during the pandemic, which paid qualifying families £27 per child every fortnight.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Our model reaches 151 tons/annum at run rate, 64% of Mt Weld’s modelled 235 tons/annum,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Its ruling Communist Party has used five-year plans modelled on those of the former Soviet Union to set its development targets and social priorities since the 1950s.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

In the 1960s, Labour's Harold Wilson modelled his TV campaigning on JFK in America.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“The optimum population,” said Mustapha Mond, “is modelled on the iceberg—eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

“I would liken the trading and modeling to the striker, or the guy who kicks the ball in the goal at the end of the play,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the fund’s modeling, the bust could knock as much as 1.3 percentage points off global growth in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hooked on acting, she began modeling and making commercials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cantor Fitzgerald’s Muse is modeling for Micron to generate about $150 billion in free cash flow next year, and about $182 billion in 2028.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Fisher realized that the careful mathematical modeling of hereditary traits might resolve this rift.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For the new series, a glut of huge names and personalities from across the worlds of film, TV, music, modelling and broadcasting have also been selected.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I started modelling the cat, and it was just very difficult, so I thought I'd do a dog instead!"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Our modelling suggests eurozone headline inflation could rise above 3.5% later this year if current energy prices persist,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

I remember a time when I could only have been five or six, sitting at a low table beside Amanda C., our hands clammy with modelling clay.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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