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“Nothing in the past, or in the future, will surpass it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
In the past, the Pope has likened today's need for safeguards to protect people in the face of AI developments to those that were needed to ensure human dignity during the industrial revolution.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The narrative possibilities of willful forgetting allow Balda’s wool-clad characters to extend themselves far past the boundaries of George’s field and into the hearts of younger and older viewers alike.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
He noted that Mastercard successfully transitioned into the era of mobile commerce in the past and today has partnerships with agentic-AI innovators and cryptocurrency players.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
As your grown humans said, it is past your bedtime.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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