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modern

[mod-ern] / ˈmɒd ərn /


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"Through strengthened domestic protection, climate-responsive planning, and global financial and technical assistance, we can still prevent the first modern extinction of a great ape species."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“A typical triumph of modern science,” remarked the novelist Evelyn Waugh, “to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Founded a decade ago, OpenAI kicked off the modern AI boom with the release of ChatGPT in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The film is a distinctly modern rumination on the desire to shut off and watch the world go by, without forming an opinion on the horrors.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

It was a typical student apartment: prints of modern French paintings tacked onto the walls and books and papers piled on tables and chairs.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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