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modern

[mod-ern] / ˈmɒd ərn /


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Li made her mark by creating a database of millions of annotated images called ImageNet that was critical to modern AI development.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

It was based on the 2019 BBC Newsnight interview conducted by Emily Maitlis with Mountbatten-Windsor regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and became a defining moment in modern royal and media history.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Most modern comedies about the environmental catastrophe like “Don’t Look Up” and “Downsizing” struggle because the truth underneath them is just too awful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The last eruption—around 125 years before Crandell and Mullineaux’s report—was long before any modern scientific record.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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