notion
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Amodei quickly climbed the ranks, helping lead key research into “scaling laws”—the notion that intelligence increases proportionally with the increase in computing power and data used to train it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The original notion of the index came to its author, Pam Woodall, in a “bathtub moment” in 1986.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Last week, he rejected the notion that he should rethink his unpopular Iran strategy because of the looming midterms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The peculiar notion that Mr. Culkin could be—or rather could symbolize—the Lord arises in a conversation about one of the boys’ potential loss of faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Those developments include religious warfare, the notion that land should be private property, the concept of white supremacy, and the desire for gold.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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I’m wondering if the justices are themselves creating these absurd notions or if appellate advocates are suggesting and steering the justices toward these contrived ways of thinking.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Helen adds that despite "archaic notions" still being attached to endometriosis, a greater awareness is a positive to both diagnosed and undiagnosed people.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Theater artists who have come of age in this period have been released from the burden of having to conform to notions of regional theater respectability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
But these notions would have shocked the public in 1880, or even 1900.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The one positive thing about Katz and his notions was that it was never very hard to talk him out of them.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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