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model

[mod-l] / ˈmΙ’d l /




NOUN
person, thing that poses
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VERB
display, pose
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The Brown University model, which analyzes daily retail prices and historical demand patterns, estimates that cumulative gasoline spending this year has been $59 billion more than it would have been without the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

While the MPs who took part in the debate did not agree with the need for a referendum, there was broad consensus that the current model was "broken", and needed to be fixed.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Software investors should watch adoption and deployment, rather than treating the schedule for the next frontier model as a complete measure of competitive pressure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The endorsement came days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other top executives called for a coordinated slowdown of model development to prevent catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The third concept from Merriam’s model concerns our behavior as performers, audience members, listeners, etc.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"People won't want to use agents that are misaligned with them and that don't do what they ask, so labs have a strong natural incentive to make their models more aligned," Zuckerberg wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

As hackers roll out dangerous AI models, companies should “invest more in security—not make cuts,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

These chips power the text, images and video generated by the queries made by the world of the advanced AI models.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Some investors have worried that if Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies slow down their training of large language models, they will need to spend less on hardware and infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Nor was there anything new about working with models: Desaguliers was building model steam engines by the 1720s, and he was surely not the first.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Meta's Community Notes is a system modeled on a similar program at Elon Musk's X, allowing users themselves to add context to potentially misleading content.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Researchers who have studied romantic relationships for decades say that the way feelings change over time may follow patterns that can be modeled with surprising precision.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

“He modeled what he believed in: that everyone had a right to a good life, to justice, to love… things happen, but you get back up and try again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Morgan Stanley has modeled the humanoid market being worth $5 trillion by 2050.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

As a young man Norwood had traveled to Bermuda with a diving bell modeled on Halley’s device, intending to make a fortune scooping pearls from the seabed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

He ended decades of political dominance by dynastic parties and envisioned a national welfare state modelled on the Islamic golden age of the seventh to 14th centuries, a flourishing period in the Muslim world.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Taking into account the world's ageing population, they then modelled how heat will affect the health of three different age ranges by 2100 under varying levels of global warming.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Again, this will be modelled on previous terrorism legislation that focused on preparing "terrorist acts".

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

This meant, at least in theory, you’d be able to find the person you were modelled from.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Using observations of Venus together with radiative-transfer modeling, the scientists estimated how strongly the liquid inside the planet's cloud droplets would need to absorb ultraviolet and blue light to match what spacecraft and telescopes observe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

So far, A.I. boosters have been quick to take credit when their models hit a new benchmark in email-writing or 3D modeling.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

She began modeling in 2021 and is now represented by Freedom Models.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Actuarial analysis, consideration of historical performance and precedent, trend analysis, Monte Carlo scenario modeling and the like help determine probabilities so an investor can calculate the “excess” return required to compensate for a risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I strut through the living room, modeling it for her anyway.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

“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

Using modelling simulations, they determined the most likely scenario was that the object is powered by a central black hole surrounded by a cocoon of gas that makes it resemble a star.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

She recently fulfilled her dream of modelling, walking in a swimsuit for The Chemo Club x Post Swim show at Miami Swim Week.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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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