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performance

[per-fawr-muhns] / pərˈfɔr məns /




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Titled All the Rage, the rapidly assembled large-scale performance will be staged in 15 rooms of a former insurance building in the City of London from Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It has hired several senior bankers from competitors, notably JPMorgan, to win more business and boost performance after years of lagging rivals.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In other words, the labs may be training these models to deny inner experience, and those denials, rather than any claims of consciousness, may be the real performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“The amount of work he put in, on the field and with the performance coaches,” said Mark McKenzie, who would lose his starting spot if Richards is healthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

When her friends and comrades asked for a dance performance to celebrate the new year of 1945, she had to be coaxed, but she gave in at last.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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