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Weizenbaum never released the software or its source code, but, based on a 1966 paper and other writings of his, people have created numerous imitations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But on paper, this was a match Team GB were not supposed to win.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Oxford Economics anticipates that manufacturers who stand to be most impacted include those in the cement, paper, printing, wood, clothing and electronics equipment sectors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
A lot of this debt is in longer duration assets that may compete with government paper of a similar tenor, say analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I don’t think sending scores of people out onto a lake in paper boats screams of brilliance,” Zara says.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Water companies being allowed to increase prices during droughts and Amy Hunt's gold medal run dominates Monday's papers.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He has encouraged all of the Haitian workers at his restaurants to obtain legal working papers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Since the protests, authorities have attempted to appease the nation's youth, with the parliament hiking penalties for leaking exam papers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
OpenAI’s talent, funding and scientific papers paled in comparison to Google.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’d been a little obsessed with animals back then, so first he’d pictured elephant seals waddling on top of official-looking papers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Many of his projects remain intact, including the ornamental lake he had dug, and a bathroom papered with a montage of original newspaper clippings chronicling major events from the early 20th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
A side wall near the dance floor is papered with big blow-ups of joyful photographs showing jam-packed dancing at Arena, the massive, 22,000-square-foot former nightclub in Hollywood’s old Union Ice building on Santa Monica Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
It was papered in green and gold and had a small, ornate couch inside.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
“AI is papering over the cracks,” said Stefan Angrick, head of Japan and frontier markets economics at Moody’s Analytics in Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
There is a likelihood that Kostas Tsimikas will return from his loan spell at AS Roma if Robertson departed, but that would simply be papering over the cracks.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
With laws barring government officials from entering homes without a warrant, the city had little recourse beyond papering the home with violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Where the press fell short, Howard and the Buick management filled in by papering the city with full-page ads and brochures trumpeting every win.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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